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Posted By:
crazy11137 at 11/20/2008 1:02:59 AM
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hi -
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crazy11137 at 11/20/2008 1:02:37 AM
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chaparral hills will be sending you some poems -
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LaDonnarenee at 07/19/2008 11:50:05 PM
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interesting... -
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Winks at 07/19/2008 2:54:20 AM
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This is absurd. Really, I read this wondering if the author was high. Obama is difficult to capture in a cartoon illustration because he has rather uniform good looks...not too much to parody. I guess that is too bad for him...if his campaign doesn't succeed then it's because his look didn't lampoon well. -
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jabreal00 at 07/18/2008 9:26:56 PM
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Three pages of drivel. Caricatures are what the name implies. Look at some "dubbya" cartoons during his first term. They were pretty crude. Lighten up and relax a bit. -
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blackerthanthou at 07/18/2008 7:08:52 PM
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Is this the first time you've ever read a political cartoon? You should probably educate yourself before making absurd observations while trying to educate others. -
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meheath at 07/18/2008 6:55:58 PM
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Two things to consider: 1) cartoonists seldom get a new face right the first time; it takes a while to get to know your man/woman well enough to caricaturize him/her; 2) handsome or pretty subjects are much more difficult for cartoonists than odd-looking people are; compare cartoons of, say, john edwards or martin luther king jr. (good-lookers both) with 'toons of jimmy carter or whoopi goldberg. -
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meheath at 07/18/2008 6:52:47 PM
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Speaking as an artist myself, may I suggest two things: 1) cartoonists always take a while to get a new person's face looking like him/her; it doesn't happen overnight; and 2) cartoonists find it much more difficult to "capture" a handsome/pretty person than a funny-looking one. As examples of what I mean, compare 'toons of, say, John Edwards or Al Gore -- good lookers regardless of what you think of their policies -- with those of, say, Jimmy Carter or Richard Nixon. -
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Obamalikewhiteboyanus at 07/18/2008 6:14:48 PM
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maybe obama will get caught sticking a cigar in a 15 year old male page's a.nus! -
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Obamalikewhiteboyanus at 07/18/2008 6:11:48 PM
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obama, you silly a.ss high-yellow, mixed-n.igger...go the f.uckback to the projects -
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Obamalikewhiteboyanus at 07/18/2008 6:09:29 PM
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Obama's whore wife eats young *** *** -
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Obamalikewhiteboyanus at 07/18/2008 6:08:46 PM
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Has anyone every seen a *** in a cartoon -
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Obamalikewhiteboyanus at 07/18/2008 6:07:15 PM
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it is hard to draw a monkey -
Posted By:
ezwriter69 at 07/18/2008 3:31:57 PM
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multiphonics, I get such a laugh at those accusing the media of being soft on Obama... McCain makes rape jokes and the media says that's just McCain being McCain... how ridiculous your charge is, how laughably easy to totally disprove... there are so many good arguments against Obama, why use the one that is just patently false??? -
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Multiphonics at 07/18/2008 1:08:59 PM
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You have got to be kidding me. What other evidence does anyone need that Obama is a media darling than an article like this? There is nothing remarkable about the way Obama is drawn in political cartoons. Nothing different from any other person who's been spoofed. God. -
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device at 07/18/2008 11:25:53 AM
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Terrific idea for an article!
Hats off, it is a brilliant way to examine the evolution of a popular image in the press. -
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chucklesinri at 07/18/2008 11:17:43 AM
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Pat Oliphant's "Easter Island Head" drawing of Obama looks to me a LOT like OJ Simpson! Definitely not a positive connection. Anyone else see this? -
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Serhum0 at 07/18/2008 10:45:55 AM
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If you follow the "New Yorker" mag closely you will find That as well as being highly articulate it is highly Jewish and it is not surprising that Isreal's wellbeing is highly important. I think they must have gotten Sen. Lieberman to design the July cover. It's not really a joke with them, it reveals some fears.-
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Obamalikewhiteboyanus at 07/18/2008 6:17:52 PM
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N.igger, Can you even spell Israel? Could you find it on a map....probably not -
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bradkeller at 07/18/2008 1:10:57 PM
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What are you basing this on? That there are Jewish people (or people with Jewish names) at the New Yorker? That Obama's policy on Israel is different from any of the other major candidates? (By the way, it isn't.) Or did you think it was just a convenient time to throw in Anti-Semitism for its own sake?
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bylinediva at 07/18/2008 10:44:10 AM
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Excellent piece coming from a new angle. Good work. -
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alaskanmama at 07/18/2008 10:31:09 AM
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The "Snidely Whiplash" cartoon is not meant (in my opinion) to look so much like Obama as the shadow is meant to depict him. The face, combined with the map in the background, is meant to evoke some connection between him and the middle-east or perhaps some middle-eastern ruler? Not sure of the artists intent, but it's definitely the shadow that's meant to portray Obama.
As for Wongsoo's attempt, I think he looks more like Fat Albert than Uncle Fester. Draw what conclusions from that interpretation that you will. Not sure how that translates to Asia's view of him either! -
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KidHarlem at 07/18/2008 9:23:12 AM
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the new yoker's recent decision to publish the racist cover of Sen. Obama and his wife, shows their publication to not have any blacks in their organization or spineless blacks willing to please their supervisors, in any case it appears the new yorker is ran by racist or just insensitive dumb folks.
???Satire,??? please give me a break. -
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KidHarlem at 07/18/2008 9:19:06 AM
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the New Yorker's recent decision to publish the racist cover of Sen. Obama and his wife, shows their publication to not have any blacks in their organization or spineless blacks willing to please their supervisors, in any case it appears that organization is ran by racist or just insensitive dumb folks.
???Satire,??? please give me a break. -
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jnesepa at 07/18/2008 12:05:16 AM
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Actually, it says that Wongsoo is perhaps ignorant of the dynamics of race in America just as many there do not know about the diversity of view points and perspectives in the Asian continent. Wongsoo's cynical cartoon is not representative of all South Koreans, and South Korea is most certainly not representative of even just East Asian viewpoints. Actually, there has been a lot of curiosity and enthusiasm about Obama's candidacy here among the younger generations. -
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lifeteller7 at 07/17/2008 4:08:08 PM
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They want us to move forward
That???s well and good but we have to all move. Those that get such a kick out of hurting those who have moved and don???t use the N-word, will always be struggling with those who will forever be throwing the word up in our faces. This is not only whites. Blacks are the worse for using the word and trying to use it as if its cool. Its not the N-word will always have a meaning that is negative to many. So why use it at all. I watched a show on MTV the other day call the (G s or a gentleman), I watched this guy call his mom and cry with all his heart because he felt he couldn???t change, the premise of the show is they bring guys together from the streets that are totally so called gangsters. It was interesting to say the lease. One peaed in the corner. Not a gentleman. Some where hard core and needed something from somebody, they were all colors of skin, but I saw something, they wanted to change . The one that I thought would benefit most was voted off the show in the first round. These so called gangsters realized that the money wasn???t as important as they thought, by the second show. Im using this as an example of the work that needs to be done to get that N-word out of our mouths. Some black people feel its their word. Come on the definition use to be a person of low intelligence, today my computer tells me its an offensive name for black people.
To me both apply, because it takes a low intelligence to even use the word. I see offensive behavior in every race. The baggy pants all colors wear them. We are always trying to be something, some say we are not . The Gangster, says it all as he cried to his momma saying I cant change . See we keep our selves down, by not excepting change and differences. I use to be what they call an ole dirty Junkie, they said I would never be nothing else, but I wanted change I will not be denied what everyone else calls a positive person. See we are the only one that can keep us from goodness. We, self, no one else .. By: Patricia Robinson-7/17/08-9am -
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smaple at 07/17/2008 10:44:13 AM
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What is the point of satire if the cartoonist cannot show the culture's stupidity? The imagines say more about us as a nation than the subject. The cartoonist points out how some people in this country who believe that Obama is not black enough. Some African-Americans questioned and Debra Dickerson went insofar as to that Obama is not African-American because his ancestors were not slaves. The cartoonists are picking up the people's thoughts about Obama and ridicules those ideas. The cartoon is suppose to be a misrepresentation and a grotesque imitation, but we are suppose to see beyond to get the message. Satire does not have to necessary need to be funny to forth for a point, just witty and witty does not equate with laughter.
I understand the sensitivity because Obama could be the first black president of the United States. Yes imagine is very important to us, but political satire will not make an exception for Barack Obama and I do not think it should. It's part of the job, and the idea of the satire is to get us to think. -
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U. Professor at 07/16/2008 4:48:18 PM
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Short, tall, fat, thin, it's good to see the brother done up in print.
Believe it or not, the more drawings out there like these, the greater the shift in the nation's acceptance of a black president -- and brothers (and sisters) in other high places.
Notice what's happening on TV? Never seen so many black pundits -- left, right, and middle. And commercials? Where'd all these skinny black dudes with big ears come from? Hawking cars! Firing up the grills! Buying gadgets! Used to be the only brothers on TV were the fat, the jock, and the oldheads. Now we have all these brothers-next-door types!
Man, the 0-Man's sure changing perceptions around the country -- and world. For that reason alone, he deserves to be elected. -
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SCLAB at 07/16/2008 2:28:44 PM
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I have always found it interesting that in addition to Sen. Obama, no one is able to get Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's appearance correct in either a sculpture, drawing or portrait. In particular, the sculpture of MLK that stands in the US Capitol always made me cringe (looks nothing like him). Interesting parallel here... -
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b.s. at 07/16/2008 1:57:59 PM
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Oh, boy. What a history with holes in it. You could have made the opposite argument- or a completely different one- just by using different examples!
LOL Sophism... -
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yomamaone at 07/16/2008 12:56:36 PM
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I find this extremely well-done and insightful. Read this, then watch/read yesterday's Obama speech on national security: together, they help to explain the media's overall inability to "capture" such a complicated man in pen, pencil or stereotype. -
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alex p at 07/16/2008 11:46:13 AM
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Well done! Two exceptions, though: the "Easter Island" Obama to which everyone is bowing down and worshipping looks a lot like....OJ Simpson. Oops! And Steve Risko's New Yorker caricature is actually quite good, for two reasons: 1) Obama doesn't always smile--in fact he's been smiling less and less recently, so you should expect to see more Stern Obama as the actual election season heats up. And 2) That's not a Snidley Whiplash on the brother--it's the shadow of his curled upper lip. You can see there is no 'stache by looking at the shadow just beyond him. Expect caricaturists to focus on the Senator's heavy, geometric brows, his heart-shaped lips, and his perfectly round cranimum, in addition to That Smile, Those Ears and That Chin.
Interestingly, part of the problem may not be that Obama is black (there was no such hesitation in '84 and'88 when Jackson ran for the same office), but that he is handsome, and it is harder to caricature good-looking people. -
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mod at 07/16/2008 10:55:26 AM
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Instead of going on about the cartoon portrayals of Obama why not spend the time on his policies? I mean no one has spent so much time on the media's portrayal of W. Bush as a short humanoid with large ears somewhat akin to a chimp -
Posted By:
brokawb1 at 07/16/2008 10:32:29 AM
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VERY interesting journey through Obama's journey as political cartoon. Insightful. -
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dsquared at 07/16/2008 3:11:29 AM
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What a refreshing and astute assessment of visual imagery in the news medium! (It's unfortunate that unique and informative pieces like this one are written far too infrequently.) Way to go, Olopade! -
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snapdiva at 07/16/2008 2:38:05 AM
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It's all about the ears-- they could do him in shadow with the ears and the suit with the little tie..
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