Word: comical
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Since his "birth" in 1813, Uncle Sam has appeared in political cartoons, army recruitment posters and magazine covers. He has participated in nearly every historical and cultural event of the last two centuries, from the War of 1812 to music by the Grateful Dead. He even had his own comic book. And on Nov. 4 he will be at rallies and on posters, urging every American to participate in the most patriotic day of all: Election Day. A look underneath...
...Uncle first hit the funny pages in 1940, with an appearance in the National Comics series, published by the now defunct Quality Comics. In the series, Uncle Sam was a Revolutionary War soldier whose soul merged with the spirit of Liberty. He was killed in battle but remained on Earth to fight for freedom. He briefly starred in his own comic book, Uncle Sam's Quarterly, which was published from 1941-1943. After a long hiatus (although he was memorably parodied by Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman during the Vietnam War), Uncle Sam returned to comics...
...what's the left's top docu-comic agitator been up to this election season? He's not as intense a focus of inspiration and rage as he was four years ago, but he's still busy. He's published a pocket-size paperback, Mike's Election Guide 2008, which details how the Democrats can win the election (and how they could blow it). He released a movie record of his 2004 tour, Slacker Uprising, free on the Internet, becoming the first major filmmaker to do so. He's got a website, MichaelMoore.com, a cross between the Huffington Post...
...this is a comedy, similar in slapstick tone and comic asides to the Naked Gun movies. And like the police detective played there by Leslie Nielsen, Malone is a guy whose blithe stupidity brings physical harm to those around him - an idiot cocooned in delusion. It happens that Malone's story is narrated by Leslie Nielsen, playing an amiable but slightly loony oldster. So it's possible to take the whole movie as a parody of right-wingers' views of left-wingers...
Early on, George, Being George doubles as a comic history of the élite. There's the Mayflower ancestry and the expulsion from Exeter--followed by a Harvard acceptance letter. ("It was a little easier to get into Harvard in those days," recalls Plimpton's brother Oakes.) The founding of The Paris Review offers proof that enthusiasm can trump disorganization, but Plimpton doesn't come into focus until his brief engagement to Bee Dabney, who dumps him for a friend at their engagement party. Dabney tells the tale here, but it was hardly a secret; Plimpton dined...