Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Misinterpretation of the dead chimpanzee cartoon!

The New York Post cartoon shows a chimpanzee shot dead by the police (which really happened recently when a famous trained chimp escaped and attacked somebody). The joke said, 'They'll have to find somebody else to write the next stimulus bill.'

MISINTERPRETATION: People are freaking out because they say it means that Obama is being compared to a chimp, and it's an African-American related insult.

My interpretation: The stimulus bill is insane gibberish. Therefore, it must've been written by a chimp. Chimps are commonly perceived as wild, hyperactive, unpredictable, misbehaving, and childlike. The next time they need some more insane gibberish written, they'll have to find some other chimp to do it. I don't interpret it as having anything to do with Obama himself.

Plus, presidents don't write bills. They have all these other people who actually write the bills. It's a big group of people writing it, not just the president himself. When I picture that, I'd say the cartoon would be more accurate if it showed a whole room full of dead chimps (yes, that is offensive, but still) instead of merely one.

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