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# Analysis of Judge Magazine, February 12, 1927 The cartoon titled "Ku Klux Night at 'Abie's Irish Rose'" depicts Ku Klux Klan members (shown as robed figures in the foreground) apparently attending or disrupting a performance of the play "Abie's Irish Rose." This is satire about the KKK's intolerance. "Abie's Irish Rose" (1922) was a popular Broadway comedy centered on interfaith romance between Jewish and Irish-Catholic characters—exactly the kind of ethnic diversity the nativist KKK opposed. The joke mocks the absurdity of Klan members attending a show celebrating the very pluralism they claimed to oppose. The "Past Performances" list above references Hollywood and theatrical figures, establishing the entertainment context. This reflects the 1920s resurgence of KKK activity and contemporary tensions over American identity and immigration.
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cl .738500 LIFE, LIBERTY AND THEATRICAL NUMBER THE PURSUIT OF STANDING ROOM HAPPINESS ONLY THE WORLD’S WITTIEST WEEKLY _SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1 | B Past Performances Senator Borah in “Much Ado About Nothing.” Jack Dempsey in “The Shelf.” 4 Peggy Joyce in “The Constant Wife.” Earl Carroll in “Laff That Off.” | Edward Browning in “Cradle Snatchers.” Henry Ford in ‘The Little Spitfire.” 4 Judge Landis in “Scandals.” Andrew Volstead in ‘Twelve Miles Out.” Wayne B. Wheeler in “The Desert Song.” J. Frank Norris in “Treat "Em Rough.” | Sceretary Kellogg in “Weak Sisters.” Al Smith in “Oh, Kay!” | | Charlie Chaplin in “Easy Come, Easy Go.” David Belasco in “Alias the Deacon.” | Calvin Coolidge in “Silence.” Prince of Wales in “The Fall Guy.” | Mussolini in “Howdy King.” Albert Fall in “Little Jessie James.” Ma Ferguson in ‘What Every Woman Knows.” Ogden Mills in “The Goat Song.” J. Roach Straton in “The Monkey Talks.” Aimee Semple McPherson in ‘‘The Captive.” | JUDGE, Volume 92. | No. 2363, February 12 1927. Entered as Second-Clase Matter, October 21. 1881, at the Post-Office at New York City, N. Vi. under Act of March 3, 1879. $5.00.a yeas _35e,a cony” “Published Weekly by Leslie-Judge Co., 627 West 43rd Street, New York, N. i nt Douglas Hi. Cooke, President; Kendall Hanning. Norman Anthony, Vice: “Presidents; Joseph T. Cooney, Aes't Treasurer and. Aes retaty; 627 West 43rd St., New York, N farticular attention js called to the fact that every article and picture ‘appearing in tion 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Company, ines New Werk? 25 Vandesbit Avenue, Chicago: 225 North Michigan Avenue. Application pending for'entry by transfer at Jamaica, New Vork 1 comicbooks.com