tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post7187916041082374532..comments2024-03-27T15:06:43.682-07:00Comments on Handi-CAPEable . NEW!: Sonichu Episode 11 Critical Review: CWCVille the ConfederacyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17773416732192167277noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-90381908394583779602011-09-05T08:18:56.773-07:002011-09-05T08:18:56.773-07:00In fact, Flame the Sunbird is a ripoff of Kazooie,...In fact, Flame the Sunbird is a ripoff of Kazooie, from Banjo - Kazooie franchise. But great analysis, man. Excuse my broke english, I`m a brazilian reader (maybe the one of the only brazilians who knows the beremoth of the internet who is CWC). I will love to se your review about the episode for the sonichu porn and for the episode 21 (when Chris kills the Asperpedia Four).Lisboahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/38100246@N06/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-8936345561894373362010-11-19T16:16:25.293-08:002010-11-19T16:16:25.293-08:00This is something that I hesitate to ask, but I ge...This is something that I hesitate to ask, but I genuinely don't understand it. <br /><br />How did monkeys become a symbol for racism against black people? To me, the sort of symbolism associated with monkeys tends to be more creatures that are either playful or curious (Curious George) or stupid and dimwitted (Homer Simpson, who's been repeatedly and unfavorably compared with gorillas and apes). <br /><br />I honestly don't understand the association racists make between members of the ape family and people of African descent-how exactly did they jump to that conclusion, anyway? <br /><br />Then again, the connotations of cracker and honky also tend to be lost on me. If I were called that to my face, I'd probably be more confused than insulted. When I learned what they were actually supposed to men, I also reflected on how sad it was that the reverse racists couldn't come up with anything that was even that insulting to begin with.Jaredhttp://www.fanfiction.net/u/1728560/JaredMilne1982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-64109756568539889992010-11-15T19:52:27.319-08:002010-11-15T19:52:27.319-08:00Thanks for stopping by here, Omar. I'd actuall...Thanks for stopping by here, Omar. I'd actually thought that Chandler was more like a pathetic Norman Osborn, since he too created an icon by plagiarizing two existing heroes and mashing them together. But Doom works too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773416732192167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169626575812155292.post-57604001850562489842010-11-15T14:44:18.095-08:002010-11-15T14:44:18.095-08:00There's a couple of bizarre meta-moments here ...There's a couple of bizarre meta-moments here where some of the characters themselves seem to rebel against their creator. When the purple Sonichu copy gives exposition, for example, it sighs with exasperation; later, Black Sonichu's thinks "lame" after spouting a bit of (deliberately) terrible dialogue.<br /><br />In both cases, Chris-chan is crudely imitating the meta-humor of shows like Family Guy, and in both cases he attempts to contextualize the self-deprecating remarks as characters critiquing themselves. Of course, the overall lack of quality turns these moments into inadvertent moments where the work itself arguably disparages the creator. <br /><br />On a less pleasant note, the racism of Black Sonichu is exacerbated by two factors: first, his muzzle coloration makes him resemble the worst of the cartoon and comic-strip minstrel-show caricatures of the early 20th century, whose grotesquely oversized lips were often simplified by artists into a lighter-colored lower jaw. (Take a <br />look at the early Warner Brothers character <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosko" rel="nofollow">Bosko</a>, whose original copyright registry describes him as a "Negro boy.".) And then think of the way the ad, a counterpoint to the "white women only" bit you note, suggests "monkeys" as the undesirable alternative. The subtext is there in most of the paratextual elements of the issue.<br /><br />Finally, you note that "Chandler's most fatal flaw is his unwillingness to admit any wrongdoing." Coupled with his obsession with someone (Mary Lee Walsh) who he delusionally believes betrayed and humiliated him in college and his evident desire to rule a small city-state named for himself, is CWC an especially pathetic alternate-universe counterpart of Doctor Doom?Omar Karindunoreply@blogger.com