Judge — January 31, 1925 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical cartoon from *Judge* magazine (credited to R.B. Fuller) proposing a humorous solution to a contemporary problem: automobiles disrupting theater attendance. The image shows a theater interior with rows of parked cars instead of seated audiences, and an "EXIT" sign visible. The caption poses a rhetorical question: "Why not a theater for motorists exclusively?" The satire critiques the early 20th-century phenomenon of automobiles replacing traditional entertainment venues. Rather than people attending theaters to watch performances, the cartoon suggests the real "show" has become people driving and displaying their vehicles. By depicting cars as the actual audience, it mocks both automobile culture's growing dominance and the decline of traditional theater attendance during the automobile era.