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Judge — April 23, 1921 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of "Judge Isn't Mad About Anything!" This cartoon satirizes **Judge magazine's editorial stance** of deliberate non-engagement. The illustration shows a woman complaining that her horse is fed only corn and hay, threatening to write Judge about it. A man responds that Judge won't get mad—suggesting the publication maintains an amused, detached tone rather than crusading anger. The accompanying text confirms this: Judge's editor decided it's "rarer just to try to be as pleasant as possible" rather than attempt world reform through satirical criticism. The piece mocks this calculated pleasantness as a deliberate editorial policy—presenting it as intellectual surrender disguised as good humor. This appears to be a **self-referential advertisement** promoting Judge's subscription through ironic self-deprecation about its own lack of moral outrage.
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