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November 26, 2007
Vhite Power
Besides the Greek-cum-Puerto Rican Shark George Chakiris, that big fat movie about a wedding with the Windex product placement, a lunch or two at Papagus, and the occasional foray into Greek-Style (pizza, alas), I'll admit to not knowing all that much about Greeks and their cultural influence in America. I prefer my cheese to be less flamboyant, retaining a modicum of stereotypical male characteristics. But with that limited knowledge under my belt, I can say without a doubt that today's Prickly City contains the worst approximation of a Greek accent in the history of...well, the entire world.
Accents are tricky, especially when written. He makes Huffington sound like a German with a mouthful of Baklava.
And, of course, the content is just as bad. The Huffington Post doesn't pay its bloggers, who are obviously aware of the arrangement and free to not participate.
Yay.
Let's stretch that into a week's worth of strips.
Comments
Does Stantis even know what a blog is or how long it takes to write one? And you're right CJo - he's trying to make her sound German for obvious reasons. The sad thing is, he thinks it's funny.
Posted by: The Furnace at November 26, 2007 10:03 AM
I'm no fan of Arianna, and I don't know why she gets so many people to write for free when she's making money, but no one is forcing those people to write for her (which is, of course, a key distinction between "writing for free" and "slavery").
But Arianna used to be conservative, and getting as much as you can for as little as possible seems like a nice, conservative view of the world - one that Scottie would certainly support.
Posted by: Annie at November 26, 2007 11:42 AM
When I first read that second panel, I thought that Winslow was being whipped by an evil German guy who was calling him "white"(I haven't heard Arianna's voice in a while, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't pronounce R's as V's) with derogatory intent. Makes about as much sense as anything else in this strip.
Posted by: Antenora at November 26, 2007 01:53 PM
