Saying all art is political isnt true.
I could just throw a bucket of color over a canvas because i feel like it.
Such a political statement.
They discuss more than just intent, otherwise it wouldn't be a discussion.But thats what is discussed in those classes, the author intent.
Yeah that's a horrible answer.
..which is their prerogative? Why is that a problem?
Being non-political is being political maybe?
why would they ask nintendo about a game that doesnt even appear on nintendo consoles.
if you want a game with a political statement from nintendo play fire emblem path of radiance and radiant dawn or xenoblade
Okay, they can cancel English Literature classes all over the world now because the only thing that matters is author intent.
Analysis done and dusted!
Take for example "The Chronicles of Narnia" or "The Golden Compass". The authors of both series very clearly set out to make allegories of Christian themes and that was apparent in their work.
As to your examples, i mean they're not particularly hard. Using your hat as a tool can be a statement about fashion and giving old icons a new strength by using them for unforeseen ends. Using that hat to gain control of other agents of free will, like that T Rex, is frankly even more easily political because it puts you in a position where you can gain control of unwilling subjects, a sharp stick to poke at our fears of losing control over our own bodies or our ability to be free of other's control.
The T Rex represents the old, that which should have gone extinct a long time ago. Mario taking over the dinosaur repurposes that which is old into a fresh existence, so that the fear mongering creature now becomes a tool of advancement. The cycle of the old being used by the new is reflected in the boomerang nature of the hat, which alway returns to Mario after it is thrown.
Because "making people smile" and "making political statements" are not opposing actions, like he implies. Because it diminishes the political statements to "something that gets in the way of my happiness".
I would LOVE to play those games. In fact, I'd be much more interested in those games than what Nintendo is doing now!Why do people have problems with this? If they don't want to include political topics in their games they don't have to. Don't tell me you'd like to play Zelda with racism or Mario with a fascist Bowser.
(Also don't get mad at me for that example, I might not have understood what you all mean by politics well)
Because "making people smile" and "making political statements" are not opposing actions, like he implies. Because it diminishes the political statements to "something that gets in the way of my happiness".
On the other hand, look at "Neon Genesis Evangelion".
Despite the name, despite the numerous references to Angels, and Christian iconography, the creator literally included all that because he thought it looked and sounded cool.
This sort of analysis tends to drive people away from the "everything is political" camp. Because you could make up any number of things involving throwing and object and taking over something else. For example...
Loose relationships like this barely supported by the text just kinda stretch believability in the argument that everything is political, rather than enforcing it.
Because "making people smile" and "making political statements" are not opposing actions, like he implies.
Your intended message there is that art can be apolitical...
Which is a political statement.
Because "making people smile" and "making political statements" are not opposing actions, like he implies. Because it diminishes the political statements to "something that gets in the way of my happiness".
Fun fact: Golden Compass guy started writing the series just to antagonize the Narnia series.
But thats what is discussed in those classes, the author intent.
If it's a political statement you disagree with, it sure could. What he's saying is that by avoiding politics everyone can be happy, whereas taking any particular viewpoint is bound to alienate some people.
Of course they are.
Everybody can be happy except for those discriminated or oppressed, but I guess I shouldn't be bothered by that and just keep smiling and playing non-political video games if I'm not impacted by those, right?
"I could just throw a bucket of color over a canvas because i feel like it."
No its not. I could do that without ever reading this thread or thinking about it.
There needs no political reason to create art.
Xenoblade and Xenoblade X are two of the most "progressive politics"-minded games I've ever played and they're both incredibly fun.Of course they are.
Your belief that it is art is also a political statement.
Everyone can be happy within the context of the video game is what I meant, not that everyone can be happy in the universal sense. If you seek for media and art to satisfy that metric then I don't really know how you can enjoy things, since nothing has ever lived up to that standard
Far Cry was never considered a political series when you were shooting at Africans, Indians, Islanders, Cavemen, amassing an armory of illegal weapons and leveling up through tribal tattoos. what political statements were they making then? lol exactly.
Not all games have to have a political agenda. It's not a "keep politics out of my videogames" it's just simply the fact that politics doesn't apply to absolutely everything. You can have a narratively simple, well designed game that doesn't go anywhere near politics. If that's what a company likes to make, what's wrong with that?
"I could just throw a bucket of color over a canvas because i feel like it."
No its not. I could do that without ever reading this thread or thinking about it.
There needs no political reason to create art.
Xenoblade and Xenoblade X are two of the most "progressive politics"-minded games I've ever played and they're both incredibly fun.
Yall need to chill out.
Like for real.
It's fukken Mario. They don't make Mario because they are sitting there and going "Well hrm how are we going to make a point that facism is bad to 10 year olds who just want to run around and jump and shit"
*CAN* you pull some political meaning from some facet of Mario, sure, I guess, but you can't go up to Reggie and be like "HOW BOUT DEM POLITICS IN DAT DEM DERE GEAM U MAED", because Nintendo didn't make the game to make a political point.
This thread seems to be full of University/College students currently taking political science.
At least that's what it reminds me of.
The point is, he made it with a purpose as opposed to just including elements at random because they looked and sounded cool. Someone who thinks Hideaki Anno intended to make a message about Christianity vs someone who realizes he knows nothing about it, would interpret Evangelion in VEEEERY different ways