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I can see Peggy being unconcerned with the race of a man she's interested in, that's no problem. But she's been living in America for years. No way would open racism be an outrageous surprise to her.
I also think Dr. Wilkes was unrealistically (and dangerously for him) forward in flirting with her. Given the setting, he had no real reason to expect a positive reaction from Peggy with as little interaction as they'd had at that point, and every reason to expect negative ones from just about every onlooker observing an interracial couple being cozy with one another.
Peggy's indignat response might not have been out of character for an Englishwoman of the time. I grew up - well all over California, but one of my neighborhoods was Baldwin Hills, which was majority Black. And some of the older Black WWII vets would tell stories about being stationed in England. And some of the officers told pub owners that American servicemen were not used to racially mixed bars. And response usually was along the lines of posting a sign"White American Servicemen not welcome in this bar." Also while the fathers of the English girls were generally not happy about them dating any American serviceman, they were often more tolerant of them dating Black soldiers than White ones, because the Black soldiers were less aggressive and more polite. So while the blending in was badly handled, Peggy being egalitarian on race was not that out of the question.
I don't want to paint WWII England as a racial paradise. Plenty of racism, mainly against South Asians and Arabs, but certainly spilled over into Africans. But not nearly as universal as in the USA. You had a lot more English people who were aware of racism and explicitly resisted it than in the US - at least when it came to color-based racism as opposed to oppression based upon nationality and non-racial ethnic grouping.
Matts point about here not being surprised is well taken though. Although for someone living in NY and not interacting much with people of color, I can sort of see her being clueless about how pervasive racism is. Especially if dating Captain America gave a bit rainbow colored picture of the USA.
No one has mentioned "Who's this clown?" yet? I laughed so hard at that line (and pan to actual clown) and still laugh when I think about it.
That was a nice throw-away.
Did anyone else think that the actor who plays Wilkes has STRONG Obama-isms? Vocal inflection, mannerisms, smile?
Also, I kind of think Daniel's nurse ladyfriend is Red Room. Also possibly the actress. (Though it seems like maybe the Zero Matter is...inside her? Or at least some of it?)
I'm curious as to how subtle the Senator is going to be about what I'm sure is Thompson's (Thomlinson?) Hydrafication. And if T-whomever will have enough backbone to resist.
