The New Yorker riffs on Epic Mickey for Nintendo Wii
In this week's issue of The New Yorker, humorist Paul Rudnick takes on the upcoming Warren Spector-helmed Epic Mickey for Nintendo Wii.
Rudnick uses this quote as a jumping off point to spoof the new game's adult portrayal of the classically benign Mickey Mouse.
"Now, however, concerned that Mickey has become more of a corporate symbol than a beloved character for recent generations of young people, Disney is taking the risky step of re-imagining him for the future. The first glimpse of this will be the introduction next year of a new video game, Epic Mickey, in which the formerly squeaky-clean character can be cantankerous and cunning, as well as heroic, as he traverses a forbidding wasteland." —The Times.
Rudnick goes on:
MEMO: To all Epic Mickey personnel
FROM: Disney Board of Directors
SUBJECT: New Mickey
Guys—we love the rethink, but we just have a few tweaks:
—When Mickey leers at Minnie in the waterfront bar, let’s have him squeak, “You know what they say, baby. Big ears . . .”
—In the “Brokeback Mickey” flashback, when Mickey makes tender love to Donald Duck, let’s have Mickey murmur, “Leave the little sailor hat on.”
Read the rest: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/02/01/100201sh_shouts_rudnick#ixzz0e4K1vHzi
Marissa Meli,
Chicago Video Game Examiner
Marissa Meli earned a BA in English Literature and Legal Studies after studying at Harvard University and Northwestern University. She is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in hundreds of entertainment publications. Marissa became a lifelong gamer after playing Breakout at age 3. She...
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