This comes through clearly in the material already. That treatment, as described by Beddor, a man that took liberties with characters from Lewis Carroll’s stories for his own books, was very inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and utilizing the trope “stranger in a strange land” but modernizing it with Monopoly. The two decide to work together to take down the Parkers and get Chuck back home. They take a trip to Monopovegas and… no wait, that was MY dream. I think we can all see where this is going. While offering to help pay her rent and keep her off the street, he discovers he has enough wealth to buy the complex. Gonna make it rain! (Erica Brough/Gainesville Sun/Landov)Ĭhuck crosses paths with these embodiments of greed itself while attempting to help a woman that looks suspiciously similar to his real-world crush from being evicted from her apartment. They have learned that getting to the real world can only be obtained by creating a Monopoly in this one, and they don’t intend to stop with this world. It is here we are introduced to the antagonists of the story: the rapaciously avaricious Parker Brothers. It’s only after his mother gifts him with an original addition Monopoly board made by the same company as Jumanji (I assume) that we go from the real world to Monopoly City. ![]() Anyway, Chuck attempts to save his neighborhood from undergoing gentrification by coming up with a new type of “Gentrification with Soul,” which doesn’t take with his bosses. This is interesting because it can help add some nuance to the story with real-world consequences being attached. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)Ĭhuck’s back story also has a lot of ties to neighborhood gentrification, a known and serious problem in the real world. I have witnessed events so tiny, and so fast they can hardly be said to have occurred at all. I have walked across the surface of the Sun. Oh, and Uncle Pennybags pops up all over the place as (possibly) different characters with odd jobs in a manner I can only assume makes him this universe’s god-like Doctor Manhattan with just as many, if not more abilities. Chuck falls asleep with a Chance card in his hand, one that he wanted to dominate in the game with, and awakens to the world of Monopoly City, a world where using literal Monopoly money buys you things like coffee and, I assume, renter’s insurance. ![]() ![]() On the night of their attempt to break the record, a fight breaks out, as is tradition of Monopoly in its third hour, and the friends leave angrily. From that sentence alone, you can tell he doesn’t have a whole lot going for him in the romance department however, he does have a love interest in his crush from his school days. According to the post: Chuck Nash is a man obsessed with Monopoly and looking to break the record for the longest game ever with some friends. A recent blog post from Franks’s Site talks about the premise of his treatment.
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