Frazz is from SE Michigan, and I strongly sense that kids drinking bottled water at school directly mirrors Flint, MI and several current Detroit Public schools…
Of course, it’s hard for me to shake the sense that Clyde is Darrin’s alter ego just as Lemont is his avatar/projection. We all knew where this was going, that Clyde was the inevitable babysitter, that Lemont is being Lemont in his zany, Lemont way. I am so impressed how the best cartoonists help us laugh at ourselves by how they laugh at themselves, and how the very best of them show such affectionate realism and respect for their LuAnns, Lemont’s, Arlo’s, Fritz’s and Jeremy’s [Zits] of the comics universe [a few but not all of my favorites…]
Yes, I think that’s the conceit at work here. After all, Thomas Jefferson was alive and kicking in 1776, and this is 2016… Cross generational conversation throwing light on how deeply rooted our issues around violence and race are…
ROTFL, this is the story of our household’s life… There’s a great scene between DeNiro and Crystal in Analyze this, when DeNiro realizes his divorce liberates him from the pillows on the bed. I’m not leaving’ my Janis over a p few pillows, however…
No parent enjoys having to field a child’s questions about hard-to-explain-realities. Lemont is a stand-in for the rest of us and the torn feelings we have re knowing what’s too much and what’s too little for a still innocent child. Thanks for helping me break it down…
Frazz is from SE Michigan, and I strongly sense that kids drinking bottled water at school directly mirrors Flint, MI and several current Detroit Public schools…