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# Film Fun: A Satirical Look at "Funday" This page celebrates "Funday"—the monthly publication day of *Film Fun* magazine. The satire depicts an idealized American family discovering joy through this entertainment publication, contrasting sharply with their ordinary domestic routines of "house-keeping and sock-darning and meal-planning." The humor centers on how *Film Fun* transports readers from mundane reality into "a world of sunshine and happiness." The family members mentioned—Mother, Sister, Brother, and Father—each abandon their responsibilities to engage with the magazine's content, particularly fascinated by celebrity gossip about stars like Constance Talmadge and Doris May, and references to Harold Lloyd's films. The satire critiques both popular culture's escapist appeal and the era's gender roles, suggesting that entertainment magazines offered middle-class Americans relief from domestic tedium.
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ERE’S a new day. A day dedicated to sheer, downright fun the country over. Funday is that day of the month when Film Fun comes out. And this is what happens in the averag fun-loving - American house on Funday in New York, Oshkosh, San Francisco—wherever real folks who love to laugh get together:— First Mother takes up Film Fun from the library: table and rocks and smiles and smiles and rocks as she turns the pages of the m zine that takes her away from the gray monotony of house-keeping and sock-darning and meal-planning into a world of sunshine and happine Then Sister’s turn comes. Sister lingers over Constance Talmadge’s latest frocks and the hats that Doris May wears so prettily until:— 3rother says, “How about Film Fun, Sis? Aren’t you most finished? I want to see how Harold Lloyd did that picture we went to the other night.” And last of all Father, yes, even dignified, hardworking her with all, his responsibilities chuckles, like the he is, deep down in that big heart of his when he glimpses Film Fun’s cover, takes up the magazine and goes right on through to the back page. celebrated, all over, every month. Why Funday ir What's the matter with having Funday in your house? FE Price 20 Cents