Archive for January, 2011
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Lenny and Jay never really hit it off.
I am really not of a fan of gay jokes. Or jokes against any minority, especially marginalized ones. Although I think it can be done tastefully, and in those rare cases, I think it’s always where it is clearly a CHARACTER making that judgement or speaking distastefully, and through other means or characters, the author shows that it is not what the author believes. It may sound all wishy-washy and P.C., but I think you can be super offensively funny and yet pull it off (RIcky Gervais stand-up comes immediately to mind).
Nice of Lenny to stick around despite/because-of Bruno locking herself in the closet. It was one of the first weeks where I went for a repeated scene every day of the week (Today’s ran on a Monday), which was fun to play with.
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Classic gag. Someone is going out of their way to be nice and reassure, and doesn’t realize (or at least not until it’s too late) that they’ve said wayyyy too much.
Christina and Lenny were a good pairing. Definitely birds of a feather.
Susan is awesome, and its nice to see her giving Lenny a bit of attitude. Although playing with the double-meaning of the word “tip” is perhaps a gag I did one too many times.
Ah Randall, the acceptor of all around him.
This is one of the few (only?) times I broke the fourth wall in the strip (except some early strips which got pulled or revised). But it was time to move the strip along, breakup depression begone!
Cat’s the line that cracks me up though. :)
Ah Bruno, literary and a double-meaning reference. But a nice cut is always good help to get through a breakup.
Ah, Bruno, never-pursued math whiz.
This is a thought I’ve often thought of. Although I feel I should have said sunrises rather than sunsets. These days I actually do often get up before the sun, but I can’t remember the last time I actually saw it. I need to go for morning walks, or perhaps move to a house with a better view. :)
Leo Buscaglia, professor at the University of South California, is known for his “Love 1A” course and book “Love” and for giving hugs to anyone who wanted one after each lesson.
This always both intrigued and weirded me out. Which means, it fascinated me.
In my actual reality (not as much in my head), I remember the book being a decent read.
Even I have to work to read some of these strips, but they do make sense. And the idea that some of us act obsessively rather than logically, and others see the logic of the situation but act in denial of it.
Which is kind of what separates Bruno from many (most?) written characters. Generally characters are written to not be self-aware, written to be victims of their own nature. She’s very aware of her nature, and is a victim of her not being able to act in a way that makes herself happy as a result.
