So I found this.
As someone who outwardly doesn't display any kind of disability I'd never even thought of something like this.
-Edit- Taken from Loudninja post in the thread!
The mutation, I explained to Willits, looks like an exaggerated cleft lip and cleft palate. The original Rage used similar imagery for its mutants, and I told Willits how disappointed I felt to see the sequel following that same path. Fiction has long associated clefts with both villainy and mental health disorders, and it appeared the Ragefranchise would perpetuate this cruel, damaging misrepresentation to a broad audience.
As someone who outwardly doesn't display any kind of disability I'd never even thought of something like this.
-Edit- Taken from Loudninja post in the thread!
A lot, it turns out! The cleft is used with such frequency that it feels like a visual cue: The exaggerated cleft signifies the most mutated of mutants, subhuman beasts that are caged, ridden like horses, or mounted like animals.
There's a lopsided consistency to the world. The better the character, the more traditional their beauty. The sketchier the character, the more deformed. Obviously there are the rare exceptions, but by and large, the "good characters" aren't "mutated." Most human characters look like central casting actors and actresses in post-apocalypse makeup. A little dust here and there.
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