Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 16, 2013
June 15, 2013
June 17, 2013
Transcript:
Mrs. Olsen: I have a summer reading list for everyone except Caulfield. For Caulfield, I have a summer non-reading list. This is a list of banned books. They're racy, subversive, offensive, heretical, disrespectful or just too hard for small minds to grasp. Have a nice summer, young man, and whatever you do, DO NOT READ THESE BOOKS! Caulfield: She thinks she's cleve, but I will have a nice summer because I've already read every one of these. Frazz: $10 says "Br'er Rabbit" is on that list.
ReneTray over 11 years ago
Yes Brer Rabbit since it was written around 1850 and one interpretation it casts a negative stereotype.
Varnes over 11 years ago
I thought it was called The Song Of The South…Uncle Remus, right?
Varnes over 11 years ago
OK, I Googled it. It’s from an oral tradition.. But now I wonder why Christian mythology doesn’t have a trickster character? They’re so useful for explaining things that can’t be understood…Coyote Blue, by Christopher Moore comes to mind as an example…..I also wonder why Christian mythology has a male deity, since it’s basic philosophy is very feminine in attitude…
LeoAutodidact over 11 years ago
The “Trickster” in the Christian System is the Priest/Minister that sold you the BS.
Of Course. since it pays his Salary, He’s hardly a disinterested Party, hmmnh?
vwdualnomand over 11 years ago
until a religious parent doesn’t want you to read a banned book, because a variety of reasons. and, makes you attend a book burning for those banned books.
Olddog1 over 11 years ago
Please don’t throw me into the briar patch. Br’er Rabbit" was run as the Tale of Uncle Remus in newspapers. The trickster did appear in older European stories, but barely survived Chrisitanity. Till Eulenspiegel and his pranks is one example. Too bad the Tar Baby changed definition from the Harris story.
pschearer Premium Member over 11 years ago
I’m hoping for the day America recovers enough sanity that Disney can re-release “Son of the South” without everyone going bonkers.
Island Boy over 11 years ago
As an alumni of Joel Chandler Harris Elementary School (Atlanta – now a renamed middle school), I have a fairly deep … history with the “Brer Rabbit” (and other) tales.
Harris basically plagiarized these tales via the sharecroppers and former slaves that lived on his famiy’s farm in Eatonton, GA.
Most of these stories are actually variations on stories from Africa and the West Indies.
My daddy used to tell me these stories when I was a kid. Personally, I don’t find these stories demeaning or stereotypical. Quite the opposite – characters like Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox actually end up getting over on their adversaries.
Sorry to use so much bandwidth on my first ever post!
bbbmorrell over 11 years ago
Classic strip. I would save this to show to people what the comic strip Frazz is all about!
curmudgeon68 over 11 years ago
Fiction, all of it.