A lot of it feels like an ode to the original western translation which exaggerated a lot of his stereotypes in the dialogue.
I don't think this is fair at all, calling it childlike. Barret seems to be very well read in his revolutionary literature. He has a hard-line stance but that's because he has a HUGE axe to grind against Shinra. He gave them a chance once and it ruined his life.
Barrett is literally censored all the time in the original because of how vulgar he was, he and Cid were especially. I'm not saying the new Barret is perfect however.
I was arguing specifically against you saying his black/white morality is childlike.
As a black man, it never once occurred to me Barret was associated with that.
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Well that's fair. I guess I just like angry people. If his portrayal offends then I can be open to that perspective as well.
Yeah and Remake Barret curses just as much if not more than original. It's just that they don't censor the words anymore. The censor thing wouldn't work so well with real voice acting as censor beeps are usually served for comedy purposes. It wouldn't work during an intense moment where Barret is cursing someone out and it's just bleeps.
Of course, that is the cherry on the sundae... But honestly, and unfortunately, with video games, I've honestly learned to let go of all of that. Gamers, in my experience, are often time completely insensitive on these subjects, so it's hard to discuss it with composure before one person insults the other with the usual "You're an idiot, because you think that way".
I suppose they could have have him a slimmer build. I think it's a hard balance to strike between recognising the character in the remake and updating him. A slimmer Barrett would feel very strange when he's the tank of the team.
Not to sound offensive, but I think many women would actually prefer Barret's muscular and manly looks to scrawny Cloud.
Fair enough but I do think the original design for Barrett as the first black party member in the series was unfortunately stereotypical.
They were not literaly asking why can't Cloud be specifically, but rather why at the design stage was it the black man who was chosen for the angry character.
I think this is Barret's single best piece of dialogue that illustrates his worldview succinctly:
To be fair they weren't affected as badly personally by Shinra as Barret was.
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