Despite the political slur, I’m still going to hang with this arc..If it’s going to be as “bad” as Carmen says, then why does she look so eager to go there?
I gotta get this off my chest. These kinds of arbitrary shots, to me, are one of the main reasons why conservative comic strips often just aren’t funny. You can criticize substantive things about Moore that actually have to DO with Moore -- being loose with (some) facts, being somewhat sellout-ish, using dishonest editing at times….heck, even mock his weight if you wanna go the low route. At least it would actually based on something. But stuff like "cold, hostile, bereft of humanity’ is just glib verbiage that doesn’t have anything to do with Moore’s real-life demeanor, and so it just falls flat as a joke.
It’s like someone saying, “Boy, you’re a bundle of nerves today. Kind of like Ann Coulter on a sugar high.” Ann Coulter is not known for having a nervous demeanor, so the comment would be meaningless.
The most glaring example I know of was when Sarah Palin referred to Rachel Maddow as sometimes turning beet red when she gets angry, and the audience laughed. That crack had nothing to do with Rachel Maddow at all. She might as well have replaced Maddow’s name with Rita Moreno or Taylor Swift. It would have made the same amount of sense. Maddow is not known for having an angry demeanor, like, ever. If you wanted to call her smug, or condescending, or snide, I might not think it’s quite fair, but at least you’d be responding to something that’s actually THERE.
I find that conservative humor tends to do this kind of thing a lot.
bama1fan92 about 10 years ago
Or more like Barack Obama.
bama1fan92 about 10 years ago
But kinder!
Cheapskate0 about 10 years ago
Despite the political slur, I’m still going to hang with this arc..If it’s going to be as “bad” as Carmen says, then why does she look so eager to go there?
Cheapskate0 about 10 years ago
Mars is still promises to be more interesting than those bunny strips…
JLG Premium Member about 10 years ago
I gotta get this off my chest. These kinds of arbitrary shots, to me, are one of the main reasons why conservative comic strips often just aren’t funny. You can criticize substantive things about Moore that actually have to DO with Moore -- being loose with (some) facts, being somewhat sellout-ish, using dishonest editing at times….heck, even mock his weight if you wanna go the low route. At least it would actually based on something. But stuff like "cold, hostile, bereft of humanity’ is just glib verbiage that doesn’t have anything to do with Moore’s real-life demeanor, and so it just falls flat as a joke.
It’s like someone saying, “Boy, you’re a bundle of nerves today. Kind of like Ann Coulter on a sugar high.” Ann Coulter is not known for having a nervous demeanor, so the comment would be meaningless.
The most glaring example I know of was when Sarah Palin referred to Rachel Maddow as sometimes turning beet red when she gets angry, and the audience laughed. That crack had nothing to do with Rachel Maddow at all. She might as well have replaced Maddow’s name with Rita Moreno or Taylor Swift. It would have made the same amount of sense. Maddow is not known for having an angry demeanor, like, ever. If you wanted to call her smug, or condescending, or snide, I might not think it’s quite fair, but at least you’d be responding to something that’s actually THERE.
I find that conservative humor tends to do this kind of thing a lot.
jbmlaw01 about 10 years ago
j gray, what did you do to deserve such punishment?
6.6TA about 10 years ago
@Carmen; Or, you could just stay in Mr. Stantis’ studio.
echoraven about 10 years ago
Put him and Michael Moore together and the combined hot air would explode planet earth.
jeffbacon12357 about 10 years ago
What…. Nobody’s going to take a crack at Boehner?
Anweir88 about 10 years ago
Some? Some? Remove the log in your eye, my friend.