Word: cartoon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have been meaning to write for a few months now to complain about the offensive brand of humor relied upon by one of your cartoonists, Sebastian Conley. Imagine my surprise when I opened The Crimson (April 30) and was greeted with a "political cartoon" by Mr. Conley that actually contained a premenstrual-syndrome joke. Until now, I had been hesitant to write and complain about Mr. Conley, knowing how kindly this community is to feminists who complain about sexist jokes (Q: How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: That's not funny...
...this last cartoon has helped me to crystallize my complaints about Mr. Conley. I would like to combine my complaint about his ridiculous and blatant sexism with a complaint about the extraordinary stupidity, banality and general unfunninness of his jokes...
...unfunniness alone does not offend me, nor do poor drawing skills. In the past, I have been known to read both Dim Wits and Jody without a word of complaint. But when a generally poor quality of cartoon is combined with one infantile poke at women after another, then I begin to feel that something should be said...
Then there was Seth's infamous trip to Yale. You know how Mr. Conley signalled Yale's inferiority? The girls at Yale are really really ugly!! So ugly they look like men!! Boy, that wacky Seth! This cartoon clearly implied that women are not students at a school but rather that they are there to provide some kind of scenery for the real students, the men. Suffice it to say that ugly women jokes, naked women jokes and PMS jokes are not really the level of humor I want to be regaled with each and every...
...program was Zorn's "Memento Mori." This is Zorn's fifth work for Kronos, and it has much in common with his earlier pieces. Zorn's compositional method is to compile a huge set of musical ideas, each notated on a filing card and lasting a few seconds; cartoon soundtracks are his major influence. While Kronos's attention span is not yet as short as Zorn's, there has been a disturbing tendency in their recent programs toward more and shorter pieces, and toward music with an easily grasped selling point. It is saddening to see a group's rise...