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That's the comic? It's completely cliche and uninspired. Sorry to be so blunt--i just don't see the appeal.
by Gunax 3y ago
That's the comic? It's completely cliche and uninspired.
Sorry to be so blunt--i just don't see the appeal.
- MarkusQ 3y agoThings become cliched through repetition. The _first_ occurrence by definition _isn't_ cliched, since it's the thing all the others were repeating.
- lancefisher 3y agoOf course this isn’t really monumental, but it can be hard to understand history if you’re looking at it through a modern lens. Humor was different, and this phrase was not in the lexicon like it is now. It was fresher then.
- ternaryoperator 3y agoThe cliché part is due to its enormous popularity. As the article points out, after the cartoon was published, the phrase became part of the common lexicon. Hence, your view of it being cliché.
- aidenn0 3y agoThat's like a friend's reaction to seeing Casablanca: "Everybody is speaking in clichés!"
- cardiffspaceman 3y agoOr Every Shakespeare play. “Out, Out damn spot.”
- svat 3y agoThe dialogue was original to the film, but in terms of plot and characters, Umberto Eco actually thought that Casablanca was full of clichés, and that this was the secret of his success: he titled his essay “Casablanca, or, The Clichés are Having a Ball” (1994), and wrote “Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us.” https://biblioklept.org/2013/05/26/casablanca-or-the-cliches-are-having-a-ball-umberto-eco/ https://biblioklept.org/2013/05/26/casablanca-or-the-cliches...