I’ve always found that, with humor, some will find fault where others find favor. I didn’t need confirmation of this, but I received it via an online comment, from “mgbdesign,” who wrote:
On the personal nature of humor: I was an exhibit designer at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, working on an exhibit of Gary Larson’s work that was to travel. I had xeroxed (ha!) copies of some 450 cartoons, and was editing them to fit into a number of panels, each to present 16 original cartoons. I was down to my last bunch just around dinner time. At a large table at my favorite Greek restaurant, I plopped down my “really not funny rejects” pile, face up on the table and continued to sort. The waiter came over and looked at the top image on my reject pile and told me it was his all time favorite! Oh well…
The People’s Choices
by Robert Mankoff
New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonists/2013/07/favorite-new-yorker-cartoons-submitted-by-readers.html?mobify=0#slide_ss_0=60
Is there any justice in the world?
by Jeff Weintraub
http://jeffweintraub.blogspot.jp/
Well, it’s all a matter of perspective. Your answer will probably depend, in large part, on where and how you fit into the system.
This is from a compilation of favorite New Yorker cartoons from over the years, submitted by readers. This cartoon happens to be one of my all-time favorites. (On the other hand, the underlying theory of ideology and morality being presented here is not completely accurate, either.)
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Is there any “underlying theory of ideology or morality” in this cartoon?
Humor is humor, isn’t it?