benlehman

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at.

Is the trait that you're criticizing: that the quote is stating that the primary emotional reaction to a work of fantasy should be based on its nearest real life counterparts? Such as say, I make a fantasy movie featuring a wonderful society that just happens to practice things like eugenics, constant surveilence of citizens, privatized health care and things that we know -just don't work-, but work in this context because of magic and fairies. Is that bad?

Or are you criticizng the idea that one should taken into account how people will be read into superficial connections to real-world cultures? Such as, the idea that before you make a fantasy race "dark-skinned", you should consider what your north american audience will read into that? (Nevermind that non-americans will be enraged that you made your goblins tuttis.)