{"id":16149,"date":"2022-05-27T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1651161"},"modified":"2022-05-27T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:44:11","slug":"how-stranger-things-4-was-inspired-by-real-dungeons-dragons-panic","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/how-stranger-things-4-was-inspired-by-real-dungeons-dragons-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stranger Things 4 was inspired by real Dungeons &amp; Dragons panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Sabastian Astley\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 27 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>Note: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Stranger Things is back, and it\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-4-episode-length-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">bigger and better than ever<\/span><\/a><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">. The arrival of Joseph Quinn\u2019s Eddie \u2018The Freak\u2019 Munson, the leader of Hawkins High\u2019s Hellfire Club marks the Netflix show\u2019s deeper dive into the turbulent cultural politics of the decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The Duffer Brothers have always strived to include the sociocultural climate of the 1980s, including folding in the surprisingly hot Cold War conflict into the battle against the Upside Down \u2013 however, in this season, a new war has emerged: the war on Dungeons &amp; Dragons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Eddie\u2019s arc as the falsely framed \u2018satanic ritualist killer\u2019, corrupted by the role-playing game, strongly reflects two real-life cases in the 1980s: James Dallas Egbert III and Irving Lee Pulling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">In 1979, 16-year-old Egbert disappeared from Michigan State University and was discovered to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot. William Dear, the private investigator hired to find him, concluded that D&amp;D was the likely cause, disregarding evidence of possible mental health issues at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Soon after, in 1982, Irving Lee Pulling also died from a self-inflicted gunshot, with his mother Patricia Pulling concluding his suicide, much like Egbert\u2019s, to be caused by D&amp;D, again ignoring clear complex psychological factors at play.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">This led Pulling to form the activist group BADD in 1983 \u2013 Bothered About Dungeons &amp; Dragons. This group was dedicated to fighting the roleplaying game, claiming it featured \u201csex perversion, satanic type rituals, sadism, demon summoning [and] insanity\u201d, among many other sins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">BADD\u2019s activism was heavily entwined with right-wing conservatism and Christianity, affording it a wealthy bedrock to produce an intensive media campaign across print, broadcast, and radio press much like the magazine article read by Eddie in season 4\u2019s debut episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">This campaign resulted in a strong debate on 60 Minutes between Pulling and D&amp;D co-creator, Gary Gygax. Despite the heavily biased structure against the game and creator, Gygax\u2019s analogy remains one of the strongest and simplest arguments against BADD\u2019s ideology: \u201cWho is bankrupted by a game of <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Monopoly<\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">? Nobody is. The money isn\u2019t real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-4-netflix-review-comment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stranger Things 4 part 1 review: Bigger than ever\u2026 but is it better?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Much like how basketball captain Jason Carver claims Eddie to be \u201ca vessel for Satan\u201d, in 1985 Jon Quigley of the Lakeview Full Gospel Fellowship decried D&amp;D as \u201can occult tool that opens up young people to\u2026 possession by demons\u201d. In spite of extensive research involving the Centers for Disease Control that established no clear link between the game and violence, because D&amp;D was the single factor connecting these cases, for Pulling, Quigley and BADD, it became the <\/span><i><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">only <\/span><\/i><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">possible explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-jason-carver-4f6327c.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/stranger-things-jason-carver-4f6327c.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Mason Dye as Jason Carver in Stranger Things season 4<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">D&amp;D became a simple scapegoat for the myriad of complexities within 1980s adolescents, particularly within the eyes of conservatives both political and Christian \u2013 it allowed them to shift blame for whatever they could be responsible for, especially when the true cause appeared to lie within those demonising the game like Pulling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">In his 1984 book <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dungeon-Master-Disappearance-Dallas-Egbert-ebook\/dp\/B073GP6NMQ\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Dungeon Master<\/a>, <\/span><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">William Dear would eventually conclude that Egbert\u2019s family pressures and his struggle with his own sexuality were likely among the factors that led to his eventual suicide, dismissing the initial claim of D&amp;D\u2019s responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Ironically, like an embryonic Streisand effect, the moral panic around D&amp;D led to a significant boost in its sales, jumping from $2.3 million in 1979 to $8.7 million by the end of 1980 \u2013 and this was long before the heights of BADD and Patricia Pulling\u2019s campaigning.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-4-horror-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stranger Things star says horror goes \u201cup a notch\u201d in season 4<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Likewise, there are a number of studies which suggest roleplaying games like D&amp;D contain educational and therapeutic benefits, building cooperative and problem-solving skills alongside developing the socio-emotional skills and freedom of expression that conservative communities feared so greatly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Others have also noted D&amp;D\u2019s primary skills (role-playing, character development) are central functions of cognitive behavioural therapy, and in fact, the game provides an outlet for \u2018outcasts\u2019 like Stranger Things\u2019 Hellfire Club to form close-knit friendships and develop individuality in a healthy and welcoming environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1650648\" align=\"\" size-full=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4201114620-3aae642.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;1437&quot;\" height=\"&quot;957&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Vecna in Stranger Things<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Jason\u2019s world-shattering encounter with Vecna\u2019s existence and consequential doubling-down on the supposed \u2018satanic\u2019 nature of Eddie serves as a powerful metaphor for conservative America\u2019s desperate need for control over 1980s American adolescence, with the moral panic over D&amp;D a terrified response to the possibility of losing that power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">The power to control is a thematic thread-line sewn throughout the fourth season of Stranger Things \u2013 as Vecna gains it over Hawkins, so does the town descend further into the panic fuelled by Jason\u2019s belief in \u2018the satanic will\u2019 of the Hellfire Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">In many ways, the very moral panic that fuelled Patricia Pulling and BADD is what strengthens Vecna, allowing him to manipulate those at their weakest point, warping their minds into ignoring everything else but one single belief. Fighting that battle alone can be near-impossible \u2013 you need someone to guide you through the darkness; someone like a dungeon master.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stranger Things 4 part 1 is released on\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/netflix\/&quot;\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0on Friday 27th May,\u00a0with more coming on July 1st. 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Netflix is also available on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=11005&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fglass&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Sky Glass<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=6399&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awin1.com%2Fcread.php%3Fid%3D489797%26clickref%3Dradiotimes-1650149%26awinmid%3D6399%26p%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.virginmedia.com%252Ftv%252Fstreaming&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Virgin Media Stream<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"&quot;font-weight:\" inherit=\"\" href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a> and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. 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