slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (12/12/85)
Bloom County yesterday was a fine example of metahumor. The first
three panels introduced a new plot line (Bill the Cat sending compromising
pictures of Jean Kirkpatrick to the Russians). The last one described
this as a literary technique of forshadowing--which you would not find
in strips like Nancy, but which is used in the finer strips--like this
one.
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Sue Brezden
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~elb@mtx5d.UUCP (Ellen Bart) (12/16/85)
Some of the best pieces of metahumor I've seen recently had to do with Opus's nose. The business about hiding the new nose behind lampshades and a box of Fruit Loops and then discussing the reasons why the nose was hidden (dear viewers, it is just too shocking etc etc) was hysterical. Ellen Bart (Opus for President)
haeckel@stolaf.UUCP (Paul C. Haeckel) (01/08/86)
// Sue Brezden (ihnp4!drutx!slb) says: // > Bloom County yesterday was a fine example of metahumor. The first > three panels introduced a new plot line (Bill the Cat sending compromising > pictures of Jean Kirkpatrick to the Russians). The last one described > this as a literary technique of forshadowing--which you would not find > in strips like Nancy, but which is used in the finer strips--like this > one. > -- One of the other examples of metahumor in Bloom County occurred a few years ago. Yaz Pistachio was feeling very depressed after her school dance (Steve Dallas escorted her), and she was telling Opus how awful her name was. "Give me just one name worse than 'Yaz Pistachio,'" she tells Opus. "Berke Breathed," he replies. "Okay, okay, other than that..." responds Yaz. (or words to this effect - I don't have the book with me) -- Paul Haeckel "No matter how thin you slice {...ihnp4!stolaf!haeckel} it, it's still baloney." OR -'Bloom County' {...decvax!stolaf!haeckel}