THE NEW YORKER: WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT SATIRE?

July 15, 2008 · Filed Under 2008 Election, Media, Satire · 8 Comments 

Okay, it’s a cartoon.  Cartoons are supposed to be funny.  I get that.  But usually you at least get a caption underneath that tells you why it’s funny.  The New Yorker cartoon didn’t even give us a “Git ‘er done” or a “Wha-a-at?” or in this case, “Black People In The White House And They’re Not The Help.”
 
How in the world is anybody supposed to get that this thing is a joke?     
 
I know funny, and I can tell you right now, having a Negro Muslim and his angry terrorist-militant wife in the Oval Office isn’t what anyone would ever think is funny. At least no one I know. It isn’t even a decent “Family Circus.” Now there’s Read more

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