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Re: Where Brooklyn at? (Was: racial politics, black pack, etc.)
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:04:16 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, David Low writes:
> The real issue that I see is the SW metaphor for race/culture, ie alien
> species. In each of the two heroic bands there's been a token alien, Chewie &
> Jar-Jar. Chewbacca showed life-long loyalty to his best friend Han. He had a
> warm snuggly coat of fur, sharp teeth, growled when he was happy, growled when
> he was sad and played with the children. The impression I get is not a major
> character with a broad range of emotions, the impression I get is a crossbow-
> toting, ambidextrous, 8 foot tall dog.
I get a much different feel about Chewie, but I think I've been influenced by
the books where (not surprisingly) his back story and character are covered in
more depth.
> The less said about JarJar the better. Just that it seems unfortunate that the
> only hero who talks in pidgin-Basic, steps in doo-doo and narrowly avoids
> getting in all sorts of hilarious if potentially deadly trouble, is also the
> only hero who isn't a human.
I didn't have the hate for Jar-Jar as most people did, though he wasn't my
favorite character by any means. I did like the other Gungans we saw though,
especially Cpt. Tarpals.
> Just to head off one point. I'm not saying that alien species in Episode I
> represent human racial stereotypes (although I happen to believe that that's
> to some extent true). What I am saying is that the less heroic a character is,
> the less likely it is to be human.
Yoda anyone? For that matter the Ewoks were pretty heroic.
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