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...cartoons were, from the first, as distinctive as its short stories. They are a commentary on modern, metropolitan life. As Peter Arno puts it in his introduction to his collection (1926-51), "Ladies and Gentlemen." "Harold Ross, in starting the "New Yorker" cost out the stale joke, the pun, the he-and-she formula. . . . In their place developed . . . a humor related to everyday life; believable, based on carefully thought-out, integrated situations...
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...pun on the Sept. 10 frontpiece of TIME ["When a fellah needs a friend"] is as atrocious as the character referred...
Woltman also succumbs to the temptation to pun on "Crimson" and "Red." Field was president of the CRIMSON during his senior year, as was Joseph F. Barnes '27, who also earns mention in Woltman's piece...
Despite these faults, "Remains To Be Seen" (It's a pun on the body) has some good moments. The tricks and humorous situations of the professional's farce are liberally sprinkled throughout the play and, as isolated examples of the playwrights' skills, they are rewarding...