11-14-2010, 01:16 AM
(11-13-2010, 01:25 PM)billy Wrote: wasn't it just a case of throwing bunch of stereotypes in the pot for the wider audience to accept.But I would argue that throwing in a bunch of stereotypes is bad, regardless of motives; such storytellers should credit us with some intelligence, create more finely sketched, diverse characters, and not just pander to our base prejudices.
i doubt there was any other or ulterior motive.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe