Is Donkey Kong Country an allegory of US imperialism in South America?

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No, it's not my crazy idea for a theory, it's a video someone on Youtube posted where he wonders if the Kremlings in Donkey Kong Country are meant to be a reference to US imperialism in South America and disagreements over the banana trade in Colombia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ZmnE0KV6g

This might be overthinking the story of a 10-20 year old SNES platformer a little bit, but it sounds like an interesting theory none the less.

What do you think?
 
If anyone thought there was any merit to the theory, they could always ask the original devs.

... I dunno where he gets the idea that industrialisation is symbolic of USA? That's a bit of a stretch. The US has never had a monopoly on polluting factories. Look up the industrial revolution.

... but I'm pretty sure this is just for the lulz.
 
This makes a LOT of sense actually. Answers a lot of the questions several of my friends had when we marathoned DKC the other weekend. The second game was full of consumerism/capitalism critique if I recall.

Wait. HOLY CRAP! Does that mean the third game is an allegory for the Cold War? Is THAT why K. Rool was suddenly a scientist?
 
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SpoonySage said:
This makes a LOT of sense actually. Answers a lot of the questions several of my friends had when we marathoned DKC the other weekend. The second game was full of consumerism/capitalism critique if I recall.

Wait. HOLY CRAP! Does that mean the third game is an allegory for the Cold War? Is THAT why K. Rool was suddenly a scientist?
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So if that's DKC and DKC3 explained... what's DKC2? *gasp*
 
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