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Jul 15, 2020 · The game’s co-director and co-writer Neil Druckmann, an Israeli who was born and raised in the West Bank before his family moved to the U.S., told the Washington Post that the game’s themes of...
But just to reply, some people take issue with the fact that Neil specifically talked in defence of Israel but then not of Palestine and had not previously commented on conflicts and harm towards Palestine.
Aug 7, 2024 · When Part II was released in 2020, writer and co-creator Neil Druckmann told The Washington Post that parts of the storyline were inspired by his own childhood growing up in an Israeli...
Jan 17, 2024 · In October 2000, two Israeli Defence Forces reservists were killed by a mob in Ramallah, Palestine. Footage of the incident – later referred to as the “Ramallah lynching” – was broadcast around...
- Reignited Criticism of The Last of Us Creator Neil Druckmann
- Neil Druckmann’S Actual History, Inspirations, and Views
- Interpreting The Last of Us
- Criticizing Tlou on Its Own Terms
Back in the summer of 2020, writer Emanuel Maiberg wrote a piece for VICE called “The Not So Hidden Israeli Politics of The Last of Us Part II.” It’s an interesting, if cynical take on the game (even as Maiberg views the game as a cynical take on human nature) by a Jewish writer concerned that Druckmann’s perspective on “cycles of violence” and how...
Some clarifications: 1. Druckmann and his family left Israel in 1989, when he was 11.So, while he spent his first decade of life in Israel, he did most of his “growing up” in Miami, leaving Israel with a child’s understanding of his home country’s politics. 2. Druckmann’s never said his game is “based on the Israel/Palestine conflict.” He hasremain...
YouTuber The Kavernacle provides a more nuanced analysis of Druckmann’s history and inspirations. He presents a clip from an interview Druckmann did with IGN Israel where the interviewer asked him if the extreme violence in TLOU 2was meant to reflect the unforgiving world of the game. Druckmann replied, The Kavernacle, like Maiberg of VICE, proceed...
For many, that Druckmann spent his childhood in the West Bank—a fact over which he had zero control—is enough to draw conclusions about what he’s “trying to say” re: settler-colonialism. But having things from your personal life influence plot is very different than creating a story as propaganda for a particular cause. Artists’ perspectives seep i...
Jun 15, 2022 · Developed by Naughty Dog, the divisive sequel to The Last of Us was Directed and Co-Written by Neil Druckmann. Druckmann was born and raised in Israeli occupied West Bank and has spoke ...more...
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Aug 23, 2020 · What Neil Druckmann saw in the lynching of two Israeli soldiers is artificially fragmented outside of its context, where Israel—the superpower—has allowance to colonise, pillage and otherwise eradicate Palestinian life and land.
