Unfortunate Implications/Radio
Important Note: Just because a work has Unfortunate Implications does not mean the author was thinking of it that way. In fact, that's the point of it being unfortunate. So, please, no Justifying Edits about "what the authors really meant." The way an author handles a trope is an important factor here; handling a trope in a clumsy manner can certainly create unintentional impressions for readers. Likewise, if a work intends the offensive message (for example, a piece of Nazi propaganda about Jews), it wouldn't count. Also, for something that may not be offensive to you personally but may offend others in a different culture or time period, see Values Dissonance.
Examples of Unfortunate Implications in Radio include:
- In a very loose animorphic adaptation of Balzac's (non-animorphic) short story "A Passion In The Desert", the unnamed protagonist repeatedly claims that women are like beasts, both in the narration and in the dialogue. Furthermore, when he and Mignonne (the currently human animorph he is speaking to when he says that women are like beasts) are camping in a desert and a panther approaches, the panther will allow the protagonist to pet her. The man insists that Mignonne pet her, and when she refuses saying that she's frightened, it only makes him yell at her to do it anyway. She reaches out a hand, and the panther bites her. She pulls back but the man tells her to do it again. Unfortunate Implication? Double Entendre? Both?
- Country Radio tends to have this, due to the lack of success of African-American FEMALE country artists (namely Rissi Palmer and Miko Marks), as they might air ONLY ONE song of theirs and air it irregularly (usually once in a blue moon), or never give them any airtime at all.
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