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- From: bodom@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Brian Odom)
- Subject: Re: Racism in SF2?
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- References: <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov16.022738.28275@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:13:52 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.022738.28275@leland.Stanford.EDU> inkblot@leland.Stanford.EDU (Thomas Calvin Cannon) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov15.235400.19644@midway.uchicago.edu> alee@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>Hmmm, could there be perhaps a bit of racism in SF2? On the CE version,
- >>when it goes the demo version, it will show a blond white guy facing
- >>a black guy (who can only be seen by his back). The blond guy then
- >>punches out the black guy, and then "Street Fighter II" appears on the
- >>screen... Could this be a bit of racism?
-
- >Before you guys start flaming this guy to a crisp, take a look at other
- >aspects of SFII. Namely, the endings.
-
- >Ken: Left his girlfriend to fight in the tournament.
- >Guile: Deserted his family to go after Bison
- >Ryu: Doesn't like ceremony; looks for the next fight.
- >Honda: Keeps on training, being all he can be. =)
-
- WHAT!?!? I don't get what you're trying to say here.
-
- Honda: Leaves disciples to go fight in tournament, joins his students again.
- Guile: Leaves family " " " " " , " " family again.
- Dhalsim: same thing
- Ken: get married after fighting in tourney....
- Sagat: goes after Ryu for leaving him with scar (I don't know if this is right
- or not)
-
- basically, they all leave whatever they were doing to fight in tournament or
- do some bragging (Vega, Bison)
-
- >IN GENERAL, the 'Americans' in SF2 are cocky, arrogant, and not all-around
- >nice people, while the Japanese characters are focused, dedicated 'warriors.'
- >There's a definate polarization here. Don't believe me, check out the nintendo
- >cart...
-
- I think that the Americans are more family oriented (Ken [gets married], Guile
- [reunites with his family], I haven't seen Balrog's ending yet), while the
- Asian characters don't have a family (Chun Li [avenges father's death], Ryu
- [just walks away, but whereto?], Honda [goes back to sumo school])
-
- Since there are only 3 americans and 3 "oriental" (for lack of a better word)
- characters, this sample is not big enough to make overall conclusions about
- the characters and where they came from.
-
- >1) In the manual, Ken abandoned his master (sheng long) to go lounge with his
- > girlfriend on the beach after SF1.
- >2) One of Ken's 'I won' sentences is, 'Get up, it's too early for you to be
- > defeated.'
- >3) One of Ryu's 'I won' sentences is, 'Pretty good, but you'll have to
- > practice more to beat me.' <---that's a paraphrase
-
- I haven't seen the manuals or any endings, so I can't answer this.
-
- >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??
-
- >>--
- >>Typical news read Computer: NFS server wakinyan not responding still trying
- >>at the U of C - Computer: NFS server wakinyan not responding still trying
- >>Don'tcha love it? User : God dammit! Not again! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!!!!!
-
- >---
- >T. Cannon
- >(who likes SF2 desipe all this political cr@p)
-
- I like SF2, but I hate political correctness.
-
- --
- Brian T Odom
-
- "We are all manufacturers -- some make good, others make trouble, and still
- others make excuses."
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