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Wed Jul-16-08 02:55 PM
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| 38. It failed to identify it's target, therefore the target appeared to be the Obamas. |
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Oh, sure, if only I were perfectly well-versed in current politics, polls, art, prevailing attitudes, the artists' personal background, and read The New Yorker regularly, I'm sure it wouldn't have gone 'over my head'.
Nah, notsomuch... you see, I know how silly the idea of the Obamas as terrorists are, but the image just give you all the trappings of dread without a cue, of any kind, that those are 'all just silly fears'.
Sorry, it may be satire, but it's an object lesson on how to fail at it.
Now go back to your Latte and copy of the New Yorker and leave us alone.
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| -Satire is satire, whether a wacko gets it or not! The New Yorker was right to run it. |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 07:13 PM |
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You are late! |
gatorboy |
Jul-15-08 07:14 PM |
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Yes |
JimmyJubes |
Jul-15-08 07:17 PM |
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The Obama camp is wacko too? |
panader0 |
Jul-15-08 07:27 PM |
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I didn't call us or Obama wackos. We GOT IT, after all, |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 07:36 PM |
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Agreed |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-15-08 07:33 PM |
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Irony, and it should be painful |
repo |
Jul-15-08 07:35 PM |
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they had the right.. but it was still inappropriate and elitist. |
sam sarrha |
Jul-15-08 07:47 PM |
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Who is an elitist? Someone who knows more than you? |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 08:53 PM |
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no, people who do one thing call it another, then say you arent as smart as they are when you point |
sam sarrha |
Jul-15-08 09:48 PM |
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I disagree |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-15-08 07:48 PM |
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As my father used to say, "Some people's taste is all in their mouths." |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 09:06 PM |
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LOL |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 07:31 AM |
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Blatant Racism thinnly disguised as humor....FUCK the editor....get his head up Roves ass |
opihimoimoi |
Jul-15-08 08:54 PM |
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Perhaps it's elitist to think no one else is intelligent enough to get it??? |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 09:07 PM |
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i saw it.. it was a campaign ad for McCain |
sam sarrha |
Jul-15-08 09:49 PM |
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So what you're saying essentially is, if I want to satirize bu$h, |
Art_from_Ark |
Jul-16-08 07:41 AM |
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Yeah, fuck 'em |
Canuckistanian |
Jul-15-08 08:55 PM |
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Thank you. The humor deprived have held the field too long on this. |
Sinistrous |
Jul-15-08 10:51 PM |
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And suppose |
BronxBoy |
Jul-16-08 06:28 PM |
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As an interior cartoon would have been art. As a cover it's crash commercialism |
McCamy Taylor |
Jul-15-08 11:58 PM |
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An intelligent take. I disagree, but you make an interesting point well. |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 06:31 AM |
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The thing is - if the intention is really to lampoon those who |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 07:34 AM |
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The target is the lens. Just as in Swift's "Modest Proposal." |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 09:04 AM |
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But I don't think that illustration does that at all |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 09:45 AM |
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But it was like shining a light on a pack of feeding rats. They scattered. |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 02:34 PM |
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Maybe. |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 06:17 PM |
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Well, because it IS the cover, it made a LOT of people talk about what it depicted. |
CTyankee |
Jul-16-08 07:29 AM |
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My guess is that this will be the most viewed AND REPRODUCED New Yorker cover ever. |
Raster |
Jul-16-08 01:48 PM |
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Tell satire to the moron who called the Washington Journal about |
Vinca |
Jul-16-08 07:12 AM |
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When they so blatently expose themselves, the repulse others. |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 09:08 AM |
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Some DU suggestions please! |
DangerDave921 |
Jul-16-08 07:19 AM |
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Are There Still Vapors Here? |
KharmaTrain |
Jul-16-08 07:23 AM |
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Exactly |
EstimatedProphet |
Jul-16-08 07:51 AM |
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Hyperactive DU |
KharmaTrain |
Jul-16-08 08:25 AM |
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I see you, skip |
riverdale |
Jul-16-08 08:27 AM |
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You are absolutely correct. This will fall on deaf ears, but I'm going to say it anyway |
truth2power |
Jul-16-08 08:53 AM |
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Wine is Wine, whether a wacko gets it or not! It doesn't matter who bottles it |
Ichingcarpenter |
Jul-16-08 09:13 AM |
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yes |
lionesspriyanka |
Jul-16-08 09:22 AM |
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Kick. |
Sinistrous |
Jul-16-08 01:31 PM |
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It failed to identify it's target, therefore the target appeared to be the Obamas. |
Dr_eldritch |
Jul-16-08 02:55 PM |
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You seem to think I'm an elitist? But I'm the one with faith in poeple's |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 03:06 PM |
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What? Did my satire go right over your head? |
Dr_eldritch |
Jul-16-08 05:48 PM |
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The target couldn't have been more clear. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-16-08 05:52 PM |
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I'm flattered I'm worth stalking. |
Dr_eldritch |
Jul-16-08 08:26 PM |
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It can only prove to be a "teachable moment" if the corporate media |
Uncle Joe |
Jul-16-08 06:09 PM |
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Oh |
BronxBoy |
Jul-16-08 06:24 PM |
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