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Re: Something not right about Captain Ahnee and the Dipwads?
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:10:00 GMT
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> From: "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com>
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> Call me a stick in the mud, and this may be an unpopular viewpoint.
Yer a stick in the mud.
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> I looked at this, and I looked at the earlier "Mark goes for donuts". I
> laughed a lot, both times. (I laughed at the E! jarjar mockumentary too.)
> LOTS of talent went into making these graphic comics, there is no denying
> that.
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> And to a certain extent, all humor centers around the discomfiture,
> misfortune, or embarrassment of others or of ourselves.
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> But is a storyline in which the protagonists either ignore injustice or
> actively participate in it... is that storyline "good"? Is it funny, really,
> to see the suffering of another who is being victimized because of his
> appearance, language, or (in Jar Jar's case, he's not very bright) mental
> handicap?
Yes, it's quite funny. Personally, I find it funny because it's a poke in
the eye of the Lucasfilm marketing behemoth that spawned JarJar.
I can't speak for Dan, but I put the JarJar violence into my story because
JarJar isn't a "being." JarJar is a marketing tool. JarJar was created to
add slapstick comic relief to Ep. 1, and to provide Lucasfilm with a cutesy
critter to plaster all over innumerable marketable items.
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> I just don't know. That's why I followed this up to off-topic.debate. I
> expect I am going to get some replies that say "lighten up, it's all in
> fun". Heck, I sort of feel that way myself. Something here is making me a
> bit queasy, I can't claim that I have come to grips with it exactly. There
> are no good guys, per se, in the strip, so we can't say the good guys are
> doing bad things...
Heh. Yep. Captain Ahnee and the Dipwads are definitely not "good" guys.
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> Talented as this work is, and as much as it made me laugh, I am not sure I
> want to see a bunch of other works that all "celebrate" intolerance. or
> something.
So don't read 'em.
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> Jar Jar is a sentient being (of a fantasy world) and I suspect he has rights
> and doesn't like being beat up because he talks funny or looks funny. He
> didn't CHOOSE to look goofy, did he?
JarJar isn't a being, and therefore has no rights. More importantly, it IS a
fantasy world, and I think it should be free of the Political Correctness to
which we're supposed to adhere in all aspects of everyday life.
I am a fan of satire, which is what Dan made. Satire is often politically
incorrect, abrasive, offensive (to some), or even downright mean.. I like
satire because I feel it causes us to take a look at ourselves and see how
seriously we take ourselves.
I think there's a time and place to be politically correct and to treat
everyone with all the respect due them, etc. and so forth. I don't think a
satirical comic is one of those places.
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> On the other hand, who am I to say what sort of work other people should
> create or not create? I dunno.
As always, you have the freedom to *not* read it.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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