All That Needs to Be Said—in a Cartoon
This cartoon (one from a New Yorker of unknown date - H/T: Power Line) says all there is to say about original sin:
Without realizing it, the cartoon derives its cleverness from the very thing it is celebrating: original sin.
By proclaiming it as truly “original” (i.e., the distinctive product of Adam and Eve themselves, and also the very first of all human sins), it emphasizes how the first couple’s first sin put man’s choices before God’s commands.
And in doing so, it perfectly—but no doubt unwittingly, from the cartoonist’s point of view—illustrates that which it depicts.
A picture worth one thousand words.
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Alan, do you think there is some word play here as well? As in “THAT was original” - snide comment said by the woman to the man when things were .....well .... getting a bit boring…. perhaps.
[1] Posted by SC blu cat lady on 9-3-2012 at 05:10 AM · [top]
May have appeared earlier, but it is in the 3 September 2012 edition, p.56.
[2] Posted by Frances S Scott on 9-3-2012 at 11:46 AM · [top]
How about this August 29th Pat Oliphant political cartoon.
Congregants seem to be portrayed about right. What’s with the priestly handshake?
[3] Posted by Pete Haynsworth on 9-4-2012 at 03:05 PM · [top]
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