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- From: mlm@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael McCool)
- Subject: Re: Racism in SF2?
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:00:05 GMT
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- Thomas Calvin Cannon (inkblot@leland.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
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- :
- : There's other stuff, like the Capcom version of the 'American Dream' as told
- : be Balrog in his ending. All these politics have nothing to do with the
- : playability of the game, but they _do_ give a bit of insight into the minds
- : of the game's creator(s). So what's the verdict? Is this a legit finding, or
- : are all these coincidences??
- :
-
- Actually, I found the exaggerated races to be kind of amusing in the game.
- They're so ridiculous. Like Zangief dancing with Gorbachev.
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- I think all the characters are meant to be taken with a grain of salt, cuz
- otherwise they could be big stereotypes. I mean, really, an Indian mystic
- who shoots his limbs across the screen to hit people... A green Brazlilian
- lizard wearing what appear to be Toughskin jeans... They're funny, not
- insulting.
- --MLM
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