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Tina Y. Tanhehco ’05 also contributed to the lighthearted aspect of the show with “Stripped,” which explored gender roles and power structures within relationships in a rather comic manner. Tanhehco’s piece started with a male and a female dancer (danced by Tanhehco herself) exchanging both clothing and body language, as Dar Williams’ lyrics, “I will not be afraid of women” blared in the background. The piece examined the roles that men and women are taught to play with each other, tempering...
...scene from the book is played almost verbatim in the film. Sidney reads an advance copy of J.J.'s column, sees that he has praised Herbie Temple, an old vaudeville comic, and learns that J.J. ran the bit without a press agent's urging - simply because he thought the fella was funny. Sidney rushes over to tell the comic he can get him a mention in J.J.'s column, then makes a phony phone call, pretending to dictate to J.J. the exact item that will appear later in the day. The novelette has a twist not in the film...
...argues with Ignatz over whether summer comes before winter the background magically changes from panel to panel - Ignatz on a road; Ignatz atop a mesa; Ignatz in a birdbath, etc. Herriman's simple device to keep readers entertained both narratively and visually goes right the heart of a pure comic art. Cartooning has no obligations to reality except that of eternal human truths, and "Krazy Kat" exemplifies this high ideal...
...work, during its own time "Krazy Kat," received as much mystified disdain as it got praise from many of the jazz-age "inelectjools." At least now we will be able to judge for ourselves whether Gilbert Seldes was correct when he wrote in 1924: "Krazy Kat, the daily comic strip of George Herriman is, to me, the most amusing and fantastic and satisfactory work of art produced in America today...
...Krazy and Ignatz: 1925-1926" can be found at superior comic and book stores starting this week...