Another Ridiculous MAD Fold-In
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This is an interesting case, because this particular Al Jaffee fold-in DIDN'T appear in the June 2013 issue of MAD Magazine. It's got one hell of a punchline, and I can see why MAD wasn't comfortable publishing it.
The only reason we even know these pages exist is because someone accidentally got sent a copy of the original issue, and posted about it online: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3551041


The only reason we even know these pages exist is because someone accidentally got sent a copy of the original issue, and posted about it online: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3551041


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Date: 2013-05-28 11:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-28 12:45 pm (UTC)Having said that, this particular fold-in is at least intelligent and affecting in its' satire.
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Date: 2013-05-28 01:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-05-30 07:26 am (UTC)Satire actually has nothing necessarily to do with jokes, or with humor. There was a piece done for the Lampoon a long time ago which had the thesis that Kurtzman wanted MAD to be about satire, and Gaines wanted it to be about gags. The piece explains the distinction fairly well.
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Date: 2013-05-30 07:26 am (UTC)Re: PS
Date: 2013-05-30 09:43 pm (UTC)Re: PS
Date: 2013-05-31 01:47 am (UTC)1
: a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
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: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly
Saying "society is hosed up because mass shootings keep repeating" is already a statement in and of itself. Meanwhile, an offensive joke like "What's the difference between a pile of dead babies and a Porsche? I don't have a Porsche in my garage!" isn't satire, because it's not targeted at anything, it's not trying to ridicule anything. It's just trying to be gross.
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Date: 2013-05-28 03:07 pm (UTC)But this just seems a little bit too harsh, somehow.
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Date: 2013-05-28 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-05-28 08:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-28 09:59 pm (UTC)Back on topic, I can see why they didn't publish that backcover, but it sure would have been gutsy if they had.
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Date: 2013-05-29 03:49 pm (UTC)I agree. What strikes me most about these mass shootings is after the first few seconds of surprise (not shock anymore), I feel kind of resigned: shooting, killing/capture of the shooter (usually a lone shooter), the grieving of the loved ones, the candlelight vigils and the debates over gun control, the fading of the event until the next: rinse, repeat.
Look at how the gun lobby is fighting hard not to pass even the minimal restrictions. Everyone said after Newtown something would be done, but nothing will. Sorry for the cynicism, but mass shootings have been going on for generations now and not a thing has been done to stop them.
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Date: 2013-05-29 01:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-30 07:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-29 02:58 am (UTC)The really scary thing is that nobody knows why this is happening. Every mass-killer seems to have his/her own reasons for attacking a large group of people.
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