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Question for Caltrops' posters of color
[quote name="Mischief Maker"][youtube id=uqcgXsCsDhU] 5:25 "Check out these crates, Fifty! You'll find some good shit in there!" So I recently watched Spike Lee's <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215545/" TARGET="new">Bamboozled</A> and it got me thinking about Yahtzee's panic-sweat-soaked <A HREF="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/616-50-Cent-Blood-on-the-Sand" TARGET="new">review of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand</A>. Every time he nervously criticizes 50's stage persona, he flashes a photo of his RL self in the vicinity of a black person with the message "Not Racist" as if going after 50 cent is like going after Al Sharpton. So here's my question: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is a game about a hyperviolent angry black man whose rage can only be stopped by distracting him with shiny bling (A diamond skull? Why not the legendary ancient spinning hubcaps from Xerxes' chariot?) <I>Can</I> a white reviewer call this game an interactive minstrel show for the frat boys, or is that crossing a line? <IMG SRC="http://scienceblogs.com/seed/upload/2007/01/frat_boy.jpg">[/quote]