Judge, 1925-08-29 · page 21 of 36
Judge — August 29, 1925 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains two separate satirical pieces: **"The Reel Stuff"** (left) reviews current films with snark—mocking *Don Q*, praising *Beggar on Horseback* for satirizing society, and dismissing others as poorly executed. **The two cartoons** mock different aspects of 1920s entertainment: 1. **Top cartoon**: A stage-struck amateur actress is too nervous to perform her dance number. The manager tells her to do "the shimmy"—a scandalous dance craze of the era involving hip gyrations—implying even poor execution would succeed if she relies on this risqué move rather than actual talent. 2. **Bottom cartoon**: Satirizes the "bathing girl" aesthetic of summer magazine covers (a common marketing device), showing a staged beach photo shoot. The caption mocks readers' false sympathy for cover models, suggesting they're not actually suffering. Both pieces target early 1920s entertainment culture: the shimmy dance craze, amateur theatrical ambitions, and the manufactured imagery of popular magazines.
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0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Decl StufP By Carroll Carroll Now Playing Don Q, Son of Zorro—D. Fairbanks in almost perfect entertainment. Beggar on Horseback—A nutty comedy satirizing almost everything. The Ten Commandments— What Moses said and what we're doing about it. Never the Twain Shall Meet— Polynesian miscegenation, manhandled. The Ranger of the Big Pines —Just a darned bad western. Eve's Lover— Almost sublime absurdity concerning a woman in business. Quite bad. Grass—The only real epic ever filmed. Night Life of New York— Worse than its name implies. The Woman Hater—“The Marriage Whirl,” “Marry Me” —Three of a kind—all deuces. Greater Circus Season AYDEEZ an’ genulmun! We have with us this evening the most mah- velus collection of human freaks and physical phenome- nah that evah has been brought togethah undah one canvuss! They are alive! They will speak to you, talk to you, converse with you! They are all alive, flesh and blood beings like yourselves— yet how different! From every cornah of the globe they are heah this evening to entah- tain you, amuse you, make you think, make you happyah and wisah for having seen them, laydeez an’ genulmun! They are heah, but ere to-morrow’s sun rises ovah yondah hill they will be many, many miles away! See them now! You may nevah get such an oppah- tunity againe! The show is going on inside! It costs but afew pennies! Ten cents, two (Continued on page 26) 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 SraGe-struck AMATEUR ActrEess—Oh, I c-can’t go out th-there an’ d-do m-my dance, my knees are shaking so I can barely stand. Manacer—Then give em the shimmy, kid! Give ’em the shimmy! The kind and thoughtful reader takes pity on the poor summer magazine cover bathing girl. 19