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May 08, 2006
No Idea
Well, well, well. After a podcast in which he lectured his readers that we just aren't getting the subtlety of his jokes (you see, folks... Winslow, the coyote, shouldn't be pigeonholed as a coyote; there are coyote stereotypes and not all coyotes fit the mold; he's an individual; get it, morons?), Stantis tackles the Iraq War. He claims this week is chock full of not only more subtlety but also "symbolism!" I bet this week's series will be discussed in High School English classes for centuries to come.
But wait...Winslow, the silly, goofy liberal who follows the commands of Rob Reiner and Tim Robbins and is therefore anti-Iraq war, is enlisting? And the reason they are fighting this war -- as proclaimed by the silly, goofy liberal -- is to respond to "unprovoked attacks of the extremist[s]"?
He's talking about the attack on the Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan, right? RIGHT?? I mean, he can't be talking about the Iraq war. He just. can't. be.
If he IS referencing the Iraq war, then either I'm a dumb reader who continues not to get his subtlety and symbolism, or Stantis is still a simple-minded shill, parroting the talking points of the Men in Charge.
YOU make the call.
Comments
Of COURSE Winslow's the one who would enlist! The modern warmonger is a draft-dodger with children safely coddled here at home. Carmen is like many neo-cons: she's not going to risk her life. Let those whose parents don't make enough money and those who have not done well in school go fight the war that the smart oil-men back home have dreamed up.
Who wants to bet the Carmen's missing parents are wildcatters in the Arizona desert?
Posted by: Annie at May 8, 2006 12:05 PM
Ought we then consider this week's strip as a whole Stantis' very own "Un Coup de D'uh"?
Posted by: j kendall at May 8, 2006 12:07 PM
Hamsters? WTF? That's not only unfunny, it makes zero sense. How about gophers? They live in holes/caves and are always ruining your stuff. Or maybe armadillos with their hard shells and evil snouts. But hamsters? This is beyond stupid, and that's not even talking about the whole stupid war "symbolism."
Posted by: The Furnace at May 8, 2006 01:10 PM
I actually AM a high school English teacher, and I'm considering how I might use this. Would I teach irony? Non sequiters? Unreliable narrators? Dynamic characters (ones whose personalities change through the course of the storyline)? Connotative language? (Why, the hamsters might describe themselves as "freedom fighters.") So many choices. I think I'll just recycle it.
Posted by: Kara at May 8, 2006 02:57 PM
