tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post2098341126773016106..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Episode Talk: S6E12, Spice Up Your LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-63942413728733872922016-06-15T11:53:55.728-05:002016-06-15T11:53:55.728-05:00I'm still not over the fact that he's just...I'm still not over the fact that he's just now noticing her! I thought I was unobservant...<br /><br />Agreed on him writing that, thoughHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-77821629890095268562016-06-14T06:58:37.405-05:002016-06-14T06:58:37.405-05:00Everyone's focusing on race and I'm just h...Everyone's focusing on race and I'm just here thinking, "Chris needs to write a fight between Carrot Top and Winter Root." :BPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-2122523926508384772016-06-14T02:02:59.088-05:002016-06-14T02:02:59.088-05:00I see where you're coming from with the colora...I see where you're coming from with the coloration thing, but it didn't bug me. I was just excited about getting to see new horses (MLP's the only show that gets me pumped about diversity)! Also, I love the idea that they're Marwari horses<br /><br />I was really surprised at the direction the episode took. I thought for sure Zesty would love the restaurant once they made it different again, and reveal that she was actually bored at how similar all the others were — but still rated them well for whatever reason — and that ponies only thought she wanted the food to be that way. Then she'd give them the only four-hoof rating in the entire city. Points for originality, I guess, but I prefer my more predictable ending. Still, so long as they're going with the story they used, at least they didn't have Zesty try their food and love it, causing her to change her ways<br /><br />It was super weird how everyone reacted to Zesty at the end, though. Like you said, she only rated the restaurants. It's on the consumer to determine if a critic's worth listening to<br /><br />As for the song, I thought it was fun. Lyrics definitely could've used some work, but I enjoyed the music. Probably helps that I'm not terribly familiar with Indian music, outside of the influence it had on rock music in the 60s. I prefer Tex-Mex over authentic Mexican, thoughHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-41867317915612896902016-06-13T15:15:58.349-05:002016-06-13T15:15:58.349-05:00I don't get the complaint with the coat colour...I don't get the complaint with the coat colours. Different cultures and races, by and large, are visually distinct in real life. In the show, if we accept that colourful ponies = white people, then how else do you visually represent a completely different culture other than make them distinct as well? Since when is it bad to imply that different people are different?<br />DannyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273313206696087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-30641540339329303032016-06-13T14:02:47.118-05:002016-06-13T14:02:47.118-05:00I actually just learned something which may change...I actually just learned something which may change your view of Saffron and Coriander. They have subtly different ear shapes than the other ponies, and this could be indicative them being Marwari horses, which are a breed of horse native to India.<br /><br />I learned about this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/4ntdzo/saffron_and_coriander_are_marwari_horses/Sandtalonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-86941004566454674562016-06-13T07:24:34.409-05:002016-06-13T07:24:34.409-05:00>Maybe it was the fact that they made both poni...>Maybe it was the fact that they made both ponies brown, with blackish hair (following the old cartoon adage that white culture is the default, and "white" characters can therefore be depicted as any cartoonish color; non-white is different, and must be denoted with relatively accurate skin-tone. Oddly, this is something MLP has been pretty good (albeit far from perfect) about avoiding in the past).<br />>did anyone else think it was weird that the Indian expys were still ponies? I mean, when the show's had obvious African, Arab, Native American, probably-more-that-I-can't-think-of-off-the-top-of-my-head characters, they've used different races to represent them.<br /><br />Aren't these observations contradictory?<br /><br />Anyway, my take is that if they wanted to make a story whose only message "you can like different things and that's okay" or "stay true to yourself," they could have chosen a different type of restaurant to represent (say a homey, country restaurant among the posh, Canterlot establishments, reflecting the common rural/agrarian vs elite urban cultural divide the show tackles a lot). That the show specifically chose to feature unmistakably foreign ponies in such a role makes me think the foreignness of the ponies is central to the story and message. I interpreted the episode as a story about immigration and multiculturalism. The main conflict in the story reflects the very common dilemma of the extent to which to assimilate versus to maintain one's own culture. It makes an argument that food, like other forms of art, should reflect one's family and cultural history rather than conforming to the tastes of society. Although Saffron and Coriander eventually gain acceptance from wider society, the show also makes the point that not everyone will accept their differences and you should probably just ignore those people (a valuable lesson in the age of Trump).catalystscradlenoreply@blogger.com