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July 29, 2008
Screw Continuity
So Scott Stantis throws out several years of continuity for a cheap "joke" about the Olympics. Man, you take a few days off and somehow, despite the odds, Prickly City gets worse.
Apparently Prickly City is a republic. Not just a republic, but one that has its own mint where they can produce their own currency. Oh, and they also have their own Olympic team.
Keep in mind this is the same Prickly City that moved up its primary for the United States presidency so it could be first among the united states (even though it's a city - er, wait, no, it's a republic...). Oh, and Winslow has been running for president of the U.S. for over a year now, even though Prickly City is a republic. Within the U.S. of A. Head hurting yet?
Here, let's take a quick look at how American Heritage defines the word "republic," thanks to the folks at dictionary.com:
re·pub·lic (rĭ-pŭb'lĭk) n.
1.
1. A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
2. A nation that has such a political order.
3. A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
4. A nation that has such a political order.
2.
1. A political order in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who are entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
2. A nation that has such a political order.
I could probably spend hours trying to figure this out. Is P.C. a country within a country? Does it have a president? Are residents citizens of the U.S., or do they have their own P.C. citizenship?
But let's not waste our time on this nonsense. Stantis wanted a cheap and easy excuse to justify how Winslow could have easily gotten onto an Olympic team in an event that doesn't exist. Sure, he could have said that Winslow is actually from some obscure island country and they were desperate for athletes (I would have gone with "Cuba"), and since Winslow has dual citizenship he made the team. But nope - Stantis thought it funnier to make Prickly City its own republic that makes its own coins.
Hopefully Stantis will drop this tomorrow and apologize for wasting our time with this "republic" nonsense. Otherwise, isn't his whole career as a political comic strip artist over when it comes to using P.C. as a vehicle for talking about AMERICAN politics? Can't exactly whine about the AMERICAN Democrats when your characters aren't even residents of our country, and declare their allegiance first and foremost to the Republic of Prickly City.
doo·fus /ˈdufəs/ [doo-fuhs]
–noun, plural -fus·es.
1. a foolish or inept person.
2. Scott Stantis.
Comments
If he's committed to the story line, Scotty could combine them this way:
Frame one:
Carmen: Isn't it too late to be on the U.S. Olympic team?
Frame two:
Winslow: I'm on the Republic of Prickly City team
Carmen: What? When did we secede?
Frame three:
Winslow: It was after I suspended my campaign. If the people of American can't accept the Prickly City primary winner, then Prickly City doesn't need the people of America.
Frame four:
Carmen: I see. But how are you going to pay for your trip to Beijing?
Winslow: Printing money. It lets me pay off my campaign debts, too.
Okay, so it's not funny. But it is continuous.
Posted by: Annie at July 29, 2008 11:33 AM
Teri Schiavo died for this?!
Posted by: Sacki at July 29, 2008 12:53 PM
