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WCDT Strips 3181 to 3185 (21 to 25 March 2016)
Akima:
--- Quote from: jaquio on 25 Mar 2016, 08:34 ---I find the whole "Very Special Episode" style with the character staring straight ahead and preaching directly to the reader/viewer to be, well, condescending.
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Jeph did NOT have Claire doing that, but quite obviously looking at, and speaking to, Pintsize.
I know it must be terribly dull, and annoying to hear trans people, women, racial minorities etc. banging on about discrimination aimed at them like it was important or something. Because of course we're good people, and of course we agree with the point being made. But we'll complain that actually making it is condescending and heavy-handed; we're so supportive.
If you want heavy-handed, see the paragraph above, but I'm with Claire: "We have to fight that now."
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 25 Mar 2016, 09:18 ---
--- Quote from: jaquio on 25 Mar 2016, 08:34 ---Not going to lie, I agree with the issue, but...
I find the whole "Very Special Episode" style with the character staring straight ahead and preaching directly to the reader/viewer to be, well, condescending.
I'd rather see these issues made through the art and demonstrated through the experiences of the story. In just about all media I find it irritating when characters proselytize to the audience as a proxy for the author. QC doesn't get a free pass, no matter how much I agree with the issue and enjoy the comic.
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It's been a very special week. I'm now forced to use the men's room in NC.
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As a native North Carolinian, I apologize on behalf of my state. We didn't used to be batshit crazy. We had a corrupt Dem administration followed by an astoundingly feckless one, and that's why we're currently run by the wingnuts. But we've suffered enough for that.
Random832:
--- Quote from: Akima on 25 Mar 2016, 14:59 ---Jeph did NOT have Claire doing that, but quite obviously looking at, and speaking to, Pintsize.
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Maybe she was looking at him, but she was absolutely not speaking to him. Pintsize hadn't said one word about technology supposedly solving non-technical problems such as bigotry. Sure, there probably were people in her life who did say things like that (for a minute I wondered if it was Clinton), that she was annoyed by (and that Pintsize's words resembled, if only superficially, enough to trigger that), but Pintsize himself didn't actually say that.
She was speaking to the people who had said such things to her (or, rather, to Jeph - the camera moved right on top of Pintsize's head for a reason)... and Pintsize hadn't actually set her up for it well enough for it to be seamless.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 25 Mar 2016, 14:24 ---
--- Quote from: jaquio on 25 Mar 2016, 08:34 ---Not going to lie, I agree with the issue, but...
I find the whole "Very Special Episode" style with the character staring straight ahead and preaching directly to the reader/viewer to be, well, condescending.
I'd rather see these issues made through the art and demonstrated through the experiences of the story. In just about all media I find it irritating when characters proselytize to the audience as a proxy for the author. QC doesn't get a free pass, no matter how much I agree with the issue and enjoy the comic.
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I feel the same way. The message was uncharacteristically heavy-handed, namely panel 4 - it just doesn't feel like natural conversation. The message is great, and right, don't get me wrong. The delivery was just kinda... awkward? I dunno what word I'm looking for here.
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It felt like natural conversation to me, because I was the Pintsize in a real-life version of it once.
Perfectly Reasonable:
Just to make one thing perfectly clear, that sofa is absolutely Naugahyde --- or Pintsize wouldn't be allowed on it.
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