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nataliestolarz's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
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| [November 3, 2010 01:27:21 PM]
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Obviously, the idea of race and stereotyping is a huge part of this game. Yet, I've kind of noticed that it's not done necessarily in the sense of discrimination. I feel like the stereotyping and racist comments have almost stopped being "controversial" and have become just a part of everyday life in San Andreas. It doesn't shock people anymore, they just kind of accept it that it's there. Like in the very opening movie sequence that we watch, Officer Tenpenny takes CJ into his cop car with some other cops. One of the cops, reacts to something, in which he says "Stupid Mexicans". Another one of the cops, being Mexican himself, goes "hey!". But there is no other reaction from him. The other cop apologizes a couple times, but saying it in a way that makes you think he was forced to say it. It seemed to be taken so lightly by both members of the situation. In another example, we see the constant use of the "n" word. It's being thrown left and right, like they were just saying some common word. No one has any repercussions about calling each other any racist name, as seen in some of the angry comments made by the townies.
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| [November 3, 2010 01:11:36 PM]
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I had never previously played any Grand Theft Auto games before so this was a pretty new experience for me. As i initially waited for the opening credits to be over, I noticed something right away. The dialogue seemed very real, and going along with that, the situations seemed real as well. For example, as soon as CJ comes back, all his friends seem to belittle him. They call him a "buster" and they're almost scoffing him off. So from the very beginning, one can kind of assume that CJ doesn't want to keep being known as the loser. It's implicit that he's not ACTUALLY this "buster", and that he will rise up and show his real skill. Even in the first 2 missions you have to complete, each time you gain respect points. By being almost peer pressured into these reckless activites, and completing them, shows that CJ does not have a choice over morality. In order to prove himself, he has to do these actions that will make him seem like not a loser. He can't go and become a fireman instead; his path of morality is already set for him.
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