Doonesbury - Absolutely Cutting-Edge

[JHB]

[bucolic_frolic]

1. That's no joke, money runs them and their political lives

[Chainfire]

2. Nothing changes until we change the way that campaigns are financed.

We can't change the way campaigns are financed because the people who write the checks to the lawmakers will not allow it.

We have the best Democracy that money can buy.

[hay rick]

3. Also not a joke...

Unrepentant lawbreaking is viewed as a sign of strength- not a deficiency of character.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[burrowowl]

5. Kick

[niyad]

6. KNR

[Ford_Prefect]

7. When did The funnies become straight news?

Imagine...

[malthaussen]

10. Eh, Doonesbury always was. n/t

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Once again I understated the sarcasm. Oh My.

[tclambert]

24. Aristophanes, aka "The Father of Comedy," wrote a play called "The Clouds" that some say led to

the trial, condemnation, and death of Socrates.

When I say "some say" . . . it was Plato. Plato was the one who said so.

Brekekekèx-koàx-koáx

[sop]

8. Incitement of white outrage has been their only strategy for decades.

[lpbk2713]

9. Recorded live at GOP Central.

Another conspiracy is born.

[dlk]

11. To think we've reached the point where this isn't complete fiction

Republicans keep finding new lows to sink to.

[crickets]

13. Ouch. So on point it hurts. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Sure would be nice if Section 3 of the 14th Amendment could be applied to insurrectionists.

[Hekate]

15. Kicktoons for the inestimable Doonesbury

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Another great Doonesbury strip

[planetc]

17. Let Doonesbury be kicked.

[Wild blueberry]

18. Spot on!

[NullTuples]

19. Hunter S. Thompson hated getting caricatured as "Uncle Duke" in Trudeau's Doonesbury.

Yet here we are in 2020 and his "Gonzo Journalism" which favored sensationalism & first person emotion over objectivity is arguably one of several cornerstones of today's Fox News style of reporting.

(Thompson defined gonzo journalism as “a style of ‘reporting’ based on William Faulkner’s idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism)

[JHB]

20. If I recall correctly, Al Franken was one of the writers for the "Jane, you ignorant slut!" segments

They were based on the contemporary talk show Agronsky & Company, but I've always wondered about his take on how... standardized ... that caricature became in real life.

[dflprincess]

22. I thought those bits

were based on the Point/Counterpoint 60 Minutes did with Shauna Alexander and James Kilpatrick.

[JHB]

23. A mix

Agronsky & Company had the more combative conservative, and SNL wasn't the only one to mix the two;

[DemocraticPatriot]

21. OMG, "Duke" is still alive on Doonesbury??

He found his obvious modern role...


I don't get the comics regular anymore, and stopped reading them long before that... but enjoyed this.