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* Use of the trope in newspaper editorial cartooning is satirized by ''[http://www.theonion.com/ The Onion]''{{'}}s "Kelly" (actually, Ward Sutton). In the persona of a cranky conservative, "Kelly" returns again and again to caricatures like the [[New Age Retro Hippie]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100225041655/http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/nov-17-2008 here]), [[Teens Are Monsters]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100223093350/http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/mar-02-2009 here]), using [[The Grim Reaper]] to symbolize disliked trends ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100223092836/http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/oct-20-2008 throughout]) and so on. Actually not too far off from the technique of newspaper cartoonist ''Chuck Asay''. And <s>half</s> almost ''all'' the comics ''have the Statue Of Liberty crying'' (when things are going well for Kelly, she's weeping with joy) |
* Use of the trope in newspaper editorial cartooning is satirized by ''[http://www.theonion.com/ The Onion]''{{'}}s "Kelly" (actually, Ward Sutton). In the persona of a cranky conservative, "Kelly" returns again and again to caricatures like the [[New Age Retro Hippie]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100225041655/http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/nov-17-2008 here]), [[Teens Are Monsters]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100223093350/http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/mar-02-2009 here]), using [[The Grim Reaper]] to symbolize disliked trends ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100223092836/http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/oct-20-2008 throughout]) and so on. Actually not too far off from the technique of newspaper cartoonist ''Chuck Asay''. And <s>half</s> almost ''all'' the comics ''have the Statue Of Liberty crying'' (when things are going well for Kelly, she's weeping with joy) |
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* The reason we have newspaper comic strips is that during the 19th century editors discovered funny, topical, easy-to-read drawings helped sell more papers—and the artists were expected to adhere to the paper's editorial slant. |
* The reason we have newspaper comic strips is that during the 19th century editors discovered funny, topical, easy-to-read drawings helped sell more papers—and the artists were expected to adhere to the paper's editorial slant. |
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* This was played for laughs in a week of ''[[Peanuts]]'' strips where Linus claims he wanted to be "a fanatic". He didn't know what he wanted to be fanatical ''about'', though, saying "I'll just be a wishy-washy fanatic." |
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== Theatre == |
== Theatre == |
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