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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: Zathras on June 25, 2009, 04:33:39 PM

Title: Transformers characters racial caricatures?
Post by: Zathras on June 25, 2009, 04:33:39 PM

Yahoo Movies story about Skids and Mudflap (http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/jivetalking-twin-transformers-raise-race-issues-ap).

I haven't seen the movie yet.  I think this will overlap with the discussion for EP #198, N-Words.

Title: Re: Transformers characters racial caricatures?
Post by: CGFxColONeill on June 25, 2009, 05:15:00 PM

for real?... I saw the movie yesterday and the thought did not cross my mind, they were just humorous characters in the movie not racial stereotypes or anything like that imo

Title: Re: Transformers characters racial caricatures?
Post by: Russell Nash on June 25, 2009, 06:19:01 PM

The funny thing is that everyone says it's racial.  It's more of a self-identifying group.  I'm actually more likely to see that behavior from white boys who listen to eminem.