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CAPCOM, you fail, and fail hard.
Dec 16, 2009 16:06
So, introducing a new character to Street Fighter 4 in the next expansion? Cool (
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momentai
December 17 2009, 02:30:18 UTC
Do you feel as nauseated about the other racial/ethnic stereotypes that have been in the Street Fighter franchise since Day One?
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l_the_fangirl
December 17 2009, 02:34:15 UTC
Yes.
Now that you mention it and I notice how pervasive it is, for one, and when I was a KID I went "Thunder Hawk? Really? Really? Come on."
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momentai
December 17 2009, 04:21:02 UTC
Do you buy street fighter games feeling this way?
Do you really think the characters are problematic?
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l_the_fangirl
December 17 2009, 05:17:50 UTC
It's kind of a matter of degree...
Or I could be a Race Failing White Dude. This is possible.
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jake_richmond
December 17 2009, 04:01:00 UTC
I always felt like the horrifying stereotypes were part of the series charm. I mean, every character in the game is a horrible stereotype. Every single one.
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benlehman
December 17 2009, 15:55:34 UTC
There's a difference between the two things, though.
Like, f'rinstance, if there's a Korean who is really formal and stiff, that's a stereotype in the manner of other street fighter stereotypes.
This is considerably different.
yrs--
--Ben
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l_the_fangirl
December 17 2009, 18:21:26 UTC
Exactly.
I mean, I was very amused by, say, Dudley, who was stereotypically British in that he was a proper, well-dressed pugilist.
I was very amused by Ryu, who was stereotypically Japanese in that his response to failure was TRAINING HARDER.
I am not amused by a cruel and sadistic Korean.
For much the same reason that I'd be less than amused with Balrog/Mike Bison, come to that, if he wasn't a specific dig at Mike Tyson.
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Now that you mention it and I notice how pervasive it is, for one, and when I was a KID I went "Thunder Hawk? Really? Really? Come on."
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Do you really think the characters are problematic?
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Or I could be a Race Failing White Dude. This is possible.
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Like, f'rinstance, if there's a Korean who is really formal and stiff, that's a stereotype in the manner of other street fighter stereotypes.
This is considerably different.
yrs--
--Ben
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I mean, I was very amused by, say, Dudley, who was stereotypically British in that he was a proper, well-dressed pugilist.
I was very amused by Ryu, who was stereotypically Japanese in that his response to failure was TRAINING HARDER.
I am not amused by a cruel and sadistic Korean.
For much the same reason that I'd be less than amused with Balrog/Mike Bison, come to that, if he wasn't a specific dig at Mike Tyson.
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