Thursday, July 24, 2008
Shocking New Yorker Cover
I am shocked and saddened by the New Yorker cover for its July 28th issue. I can't tell who's stereotyped more, the summer vacationers (playing ignorant and innocent, wouldn't you know!) or the oppressed crustacean-Americans shinnying down the knotted kitchen towel to make their getaway before they're cruelly boiled alive. (Did you notice that the lobsters are depicted as red even before they're boiled? Did you see the gauchist guy on the porch drinking red wine in anticipation of a seafood dinner?) Even the shingles look a bit too curled. For shame, New Yorker, for shame. This isn't satire, it isn't even humor. It is insult.
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