Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Michael Bay, Transformers and racism?

Certainly the first Transformers struck me as suspect, as the black characters come across as less than balanced (check the donut scene, or the used car scene, or the video game scene...).

Now, he's moved on to stereotypical robots...

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" introduces some 40 new mechanized characters of all shapes, sizes and even sexes _ but it's a pair of jive-talking 'bots that critics are singling out as more than just harmless comic relief.

Skids and Mudflap, twin robots disguised as compact Chevys, constantly brawl and bicker in rap-inspired street slang. They're forced to acknowledge that they can't read. One has a gold tooth.


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