Snape is black. A dark wizard indeed
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So first you have the unenviable position of being compared to Alan Rickman's performance
...aaannnd now you have to deal with being called a raceswap DEI hire (which you probably are), are Black actors either too dim or too desperate NOT to accept these career ruining roles?
A reminder JK told Rickman what the twist about Snape was before the book it happened in ever came out. He was questioned during film shooting why he kept doing scenes in certain ways that the directors/producers didn't understand and it's because he was the only one who knew the actual character other than Rowling.
This means in hindsight his performance ends up being far better than initially realised however with the twist now known it's never going to carry the same gravitas and if modern writers are consistent in their inability to write nuance it was come across with all the subtlety of 4th wall breaking winks to the audience whenever Snape does something shitty towards the characters.
And Alan Rickman would have been precisely the type of excellent actor to know how to subtly drop those hints and clues without ever really letting the audience know until it happened. Making the second watching of the films even better.
A true talent.
No one else could have performed the nuances required for Dr. Lazarus.
“By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a savings.”
Unironically true. While the catchphrase gets memed to shit all throughout the film the time he sincerely, and softly, speaks the whole thing as Quelik lies dying in his arms shifts the tone from pure humour to primal rage.
Promised retribution aside Quelik dies happier than he ever might have expected because of that.
And then the unarmed, untrained civilian actor filled with fury charges and punches the alien soldier who had the gun in the face. [Yes the gun was jammed]