Monday, May 05, 2008 Poor Comic Treatment POST A COMMENT Let me say upfront, I'm not into "sociopolitical comic strips" - (got a message, save it, and ..."go cry to Oprah") - that preachy, hit-me-over-the-head-with-a-message - it's just not fun, and rarely funny -- 'least if you're gonna wave a finger at me for all the wrongs in the world, for Gods-sake, at the very least, make me laugh...Bodega Avenue comes close - I smiled a few times, (so, I'll give them a pass for the preachy-undertones in that comic strip). but, I find my sensibilities do align, especially when talking about the "haves" and "have-nots" - if that makes any sense. It's like that motto, kill them with kindness; there's gotta be a "fun" way to make people listen to important issues - like the effects of gentrification in Brooklyn - without sounding like a crybaby...or getting on a soapbox...or, sounding like a liberal asswipe (that hugs...g'aak, trees). How 'bout, kill them with humor? Kill them with entertainment? Like my Momma used to do when she wanted me to take my medicine, she'd wrap it in something I can stomach... There's little doubt, that income for the bottom half of American households are worse than ever...'while income for the top one percent skyrockets - (by 228 percent according to the book, "The Big Squeeze"). The rich get richer, the poor get kicked out...yeah, see what I mean...I'm zoning already (putting my own self to sleep). I got nothing. I'm gonna go out and Make Momma proud, by drowning my sorrows in some happy juice. Source: CBS News, Bodega Avenue Labels: Bodega Avenue, Comic strips online, race relations, rich and poor divide posted by Henry Cruz at 1:18 AM 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 .