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Some subjects are considered dangerous or impossible to address formally or face to face. Therefore, that’s where humorists play a role. Alaine de Botton, author of “Status Anxiety,” believes that because humorists can say things that other people will not, they are there to convey messages that are too dangerous to state directly. Humorists, like ones on Saturday Night Live and in movies, use comedy and jokes to bring about difficult messages. Saturday Night Live (SNL) often uses satirical…

James Gillray’s piece, Comfort to the Corns, is a very intriguing work of art. Gillray is known for creating social and political cartoons and caricatures. He did the majority of his art work in the style of etching and was active during the end of the 18th century—1792 through 1810. In the artwork, Comfort to the Corns, James Gillray depicts an elderly hag attending to her feet satirically, adding subtle humor and life to the piece. The piece that I believe speaks to me is James Gillray’s…

were many cartoons and shows that depicted these stereotypes and many of them are still relevant today even though they might not be as vulgar as the were back in the 1940's. We still have many issues with stereotyping African Americans and not seeing them as they actually are. In some of those cartoons or shows are the Pickaninny and Sambo, who were major stereotypes of African Americans. These are the two that I'm going to relate to present time and how the stereotypes of these cartoons have…

against, not because of their race, but because of their social class. Using a reinvented 12-step program, which is people normally attend to solve detrimental problems. This cartoon was created to inform the viewer the discrimination is not only categorized by race in America. The viewer is able to effectively relate to the cartoon by recognizing the corporations and institutions that have an effect in their everyday life while still grazing…

In the animated series, Rugrats, the main antagonist Angelica has portrayed many characteristics about female cartoons. From physical characteristics to behavior traits, I think Angelica can definitely be identified as an evil villain of the show according to what researchers have found about gender role stereotypes. It seems like Angelica falls under both a male and female superhero. Baker & Raney states, “Female characters were typically presented as dependent, jealous, romantic, affectionate,…

The World is riddled with people who have their own thoughts and opinions on certain people and problems that the world has. Most of these people are afraid to come out and address and say their thoughts on all of these issues. That is why humorists are so important. They are there to help “convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly”. While some people don't see the point in humorists, many others believe that they are very important and serve a vital…

to hell but,still has a chance to go to heaven. The two genes I chose was video games, and cartoon television show character. The reason I chose these two genes is when i was little I used to watch a lot of cartoons, and now I play a lot of video games. So I feel like i made a good choice picking these two genes. The first connection to my theme is through the genre of tv cartoon show character . A cartoon show character…

Brothers Cartoon Studio. Walt Disney Company, which is the biggest media and entertainment in the world, was founded On October 16th 1923 in Los Angeles California. In that same year Walt Disney signed a contract with M.J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice comedies, and so the release of the first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon and Steamboat Willie was produced and hence after that a mini film called Alice’s Wonderland which air in 1924. In November 1928 another well know, cartoon…

Sexual assault has been a part of the culture on college campuses for years. Only somewhat recently has the issue been given the attention it deserves. Many students and advocacy organizations have been working to stop sexual assault on college campuses and bring attention to the aspects of American culture that normalize it. The normalization of sexual assault was made especially prevalent in Stanford swimmer, Brock Turner’s, case. Turner was released after only 3 months in jail, to the outrage…

speaker of this political cartoon is the cartoonist Herblock. The audience is anybody who is a fan of Herblock's, political cartoons, cartoons in general, anybody who reads the Washington Post, or anybody who reads any newspaper. The subject is how the world seems to be ignoring problems that are affecting people everyday. The cartoon appeals to ethos because it is made by “the famous cartoonist” Herblock on the Washington Post which is a reliable newspaper. The cartoon appeals to pathos because…