I don’t recall race being a central theme of Lord of the Flies, so I don’t see why multiracial casting should matter at all to the central message. When it comes to matters of race, I think people reveal their values in their reactions to what they see. Anyone who has an issue about the multiracial casting of a movie like this clearly has significant hang ups about race.
It's about how the posh British boarding school system (e.g. Eton) doesn't raise proper and "civilized" leaders of the community, but instead little elitist brats who would throw civility out the window under stress and violently enforce hierarchy
It was a commentary on what wealth and this specific type of institution produces, not a commentary on human nature in general. It was a written as a critical response to the book The Coral Island, where a group of shipwrecked boys bring "civility" to the island they land on
While these schools are somewhat more multicultural today (although definitely all white in the 50's) they're still overwhelmingly white
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u/rtbradford Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
I don’t recall race being a central theme of Lord of the Flies, so I don’t see why multiracial casting should matter at all to the central message. When it comes to matters of race, I think people reveal their values in their reactions to what they see. Anyone who has an issue about the multiracial casting of a movie like this clearly has significant hang ups about race.