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Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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lugnet.western
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:10:27 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> Someone elsewhere in this thread observed that slaves featured heavily in
> the pirate industry but are absent from Lego Pirates. True enough, but I
> don't recall seeing the Lego Pirates Sugar Cargo set, either, so the exclusion
> of any one brand of Pirate's "cargo" doesn't necessarily signify a deliberate
> overlooking of slavery as an issue in the theme.
The reason you don't see slaves in the pirate theme is that slaves
really aren't part of the romanticized pirate genre. This is also the
reason I doubt we will see a Civil War theme, or any other real war
theme. They haven't been romanticized. The historical themes we have
seen have all been romanticized (castle (including ninja), pirates, wild
west, adventurers).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) exclusion (...) deliberate (...) I would disagree with your thoughts on the Civil War not being romanticized or any other war for that matter. I mean just watch Gettysburgh they romanticize the dickens out of Pickets charge. How is that any (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| In lugnet.western, John Rudy and others write: (...) Maybe one night when my insomnia's acting up! 8^) The U.S. is a culture which, idiotic though it be, recently castigated a public figure for using "niggardly" in a speech! Does anyone seriously (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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