Grand Theft Auto as Political Speech?
It might be a stretch to say that GTA: San Andreas is “high art” and significant social commentary, I mean, how many 14-year-olds are going to catch the in-game satire when they’re mowing down pedestrians in a combine? The author of this article seems to be fairly anti-consumerist, but makes some interesting points about how cleverly GTA: SA presents ideas on social inequality in the United States.
