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Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft Review Round-Up – What the Critics Say
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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8285038" data-attributes="member: 4534"><p>When I worked at a museum, we had a theater upstairs we'd show to kids as part of the tour that was a little mini-biography of the man born in the building. Sometimes we'd get really little kids taking tours and that movie was no good for them so we used to show them old Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons from WWII. Propaganda cartoons. If any of you are familiar with some of those cartoons you know where this story is headed. </p><p></p><p>I was the guy who talked to the kids about Civil War medicine and showed off our amputation kit and our jeep (kids love Jeeps), but one day I had to sit through the cartoons with a group of children. They were funny but the racism and xenophobia was completely inappropriate for the audience that day. Thankfully most of the jokes went over the heads of the young children but on more than one occasion I swear a teacher about came out of her skin. And she was right to have that reaction. Later that afternoon I spoke with the director telling him I thought the cartoons were inappropriate for younger children and only appropriate in the context of teaching visitors about wartime propaganda. Some of you who have seen me post here might be surprised that I was the one who complained about inappropriate content. </p><p></p><p>To his dying day, Mickey Rooney couldn't understand why younger people had such a hard time with his offensive portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi. But let's face facts, standards for what is or isn't socially acceptable changes from decade to decade. I must admit that sometimes I'm like Mickey Rooney in that I find what younger people complain about to be silly. However, I sometimes recognize that they're absolutely right. I sure can't watch <em>Revenge of the Nerds</em> these days without thinking how creepy the nerds were. But regardless of how I might personally feel, I usually have no problem accepting the changes. </p><p></p><p>While I haven't read the VRGR yet, I haven't been particularly upset about any of the changes I've heard about. I'm not sure if I'll buy it but I probably will. Even if I knew I wasn't going to purchase it, I'd be happy the game existed for a younger generation of players to enjoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8285038, member: 4534"] When I worked at a museum, we had a theater upstairs we'd show to kids as part of the tour that was a little mini-biography of the man born in the building. Sometimes we'd get really little kids taking tours and that movie was no good for them so we used to show them old Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons from WWII. Propaganda cartoons. If any of you are familiar with some of those cartoons you know where this story is headed. I was the guy who talked to the kids about Civil War medicine and showed off our amputation kit and our jeep (kids love Jeeps), but one day I had to sit through the cartoons with a group of children. They were funny but the racism and xenophobia was completely inappropriate for the audience that day. Thankfully most of the jokes went over the heads of the young children but on more than one occasion I swear a teacher about came out of her skin. And she was right to have that reaction. Later that afternoon I spoke with the director telling him I thought the cartoons were inappropriate for younger children and only appropriate in the context of teaching visitors about wartime propaganda. Some of you who have seen me post here might be surprised that I was the one who complained about inappropriate content. To his dying day, Mickey Rooney couldn't understand why younger people had such a hard time with his offensive portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi. But let's face facts, standards for what is or isn't socially acceptable changes from decade to decade. I must admit that sometimes I'm like Mickey Rooney in that I find what younger people complain about to be silly. However, I sometimes recognize that they're absolutely right. I sure can't watch [I]Revenge of the Nerds[/I] these days without thinking how creepy the nerds were. But regardless of how I might personally feel, I usually have no problem accepting the changes. While I haven't read the VRGR yet, I haven't been particularly upset about any of the changes I've heard about. I'm not sure if I'll buy it but I probably will. Even if I knew I wasn't going to purchase it, I'd be happy the game existed for a younger generation of players to enjoy. [/QUOTE]
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