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**Illirmpipse** · 07-15-2008, 04:46 PM

It's stinging satire - a mirror. It's not the Obamas that are being satirized, but us, the electorate (and media) obsessed by the depicted symbolism.

Radical Negroes in the White House. Is that a young Angela Davis?

You wince a little as an Obama supporter, but it's not the magazine's job to protect his image.

The problem is Zip, political satire does not work unless the people who are being satirized know it.

Those that see Obama like this are not going to feel like they have been made fun of or labeled as being misinformed racial bigots. They are going to see the cover and go "hell yeah" until someone TELLS them that the joke is on them.

You think that will somehow help Osama's campaign?

I do not consider it egregious, but it definitely went a bit too far.

07-15-2008, 04:46 PM	#24
Illirmpipse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	It's stinging satire - a mirror. It's not the Obamas that are being satirized, but us, the electorate (and media) obsessed by the depicted symbolism. Radical Negroes in the White House. Is that a young Angela Davis? You wince a little as an Obama supporter, but it's not the magazine's job to protect his image. The problem is Zip, political satire does not work unless the people who are being satirized know it. Those that see Obama like this are not going to feel like they have been made fun of or labeled as being misinformed racial bigots. They are going to see the cover and go "hell yeah" until someone TELLS them that the joke is on them. You think that will somehow help Osama's campaign? I do not consider it egregious, but it definitely went a bit too far.
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