Judge, 1927-02-12 · page 5 of 36
Judge — February 12, 1927 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains theatrical humor rather than political content. The main cartoon depicts a theater manager conducting an orchestra while surrounded by crowded, chaotic patrons. The caption reads: "I'm considering purchasing a treat for your shoe; could you have some one shove me about the theatre, till I make my selection?" The joke satirizes the terrible theater experience—overcrowding, jostling crowds, and uncomfortable conditions—making shoe-shopping seem preferable to attending a show. The surrounding text includes audience complaints about poor sightlines and cramped seating, alongside a "Condensed Theatrical Dictionary" offering humorous definitions (like defining a "chorus girl" as "a female financier"). The content targets early 20th-century theater industry problems: inadequate venues, poor audience accommodation, and theatrical pretension.
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Fairy Tales Timid Theatre Goer (approach- ing box-office window): If at all possible, I would like to get two se in about the tenth row or- chestra off the center aisle for tonight’s performance. My wife is a little deaf and I 7 t The Man In the Box-Office: Isn't that too bad. You know, my Aunt Gertrude was deaf for nearly twenty years and we had about given up all hope when | Uncle Hiram found some doctor | in Detroit—or was it Cleveland? In the old days actors gave us a little action for our money ;— hairbreath escapes a little duelling | | Anyhow, this doctor fixed up Aunt a. | Gertrude in about two weeks and f she can hear practically every- | thing now. I’m going to give you two seats in the third row center, right off the middle aisle and I do so hope that your wife will enjoy the play. Stop in at the box-office on your way out and I’ll give you this doctor’s address . . . so sorry - n-e-x-t. at least they did a bit of ladder climbing— | but | nowadays the audience does all the fighting and scrambling to get tickets and seats,— ( while the actors loaf through draw- a ing-room scenes, Mental Process ofa Chorus Girl ; \ 4 fie lucuriously at ease. | Watching the Leading Lady \ “The big false alarm. If I couldn't sing that opening num- ber better than her I’d go back to | the telephone switchboard. Pull | —that’s what she’s got. I’ve got more temperament in my little finger than that bologny has in her whole body. It ain’t fair. Oh, well I suppose yuh have to make make believe I like her... the big —A.L. LL. Condensed Theatrical | some a sacrifices to get to the cheese... one... two. . . three aise | top like she did. Thank Gawd, ... four... When the Red Red Dictionary I'm still modest. Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’ Ingénue—Any girl under sev- | Oh, well. There goes the or- Along . . . the nerve of some of — enty in a vellow wie chestra. Now I gotta dance out these dames . Along... Arab B: | and smile at that old witch and —Cyrano ; niger tine Bomar ferry- poat whistle with a lennese ac- cent. Leading man — Four hundred dollars’ worth of English tailor- ing and a can of hair grease. Chorus girl—A female finan- t— Anyone who can ly” with “Alley” and Composer—A young man very familiar with the works of Bee- thoven, Mozart, Wagner and Verdi. Oriental dancer—A young girl who does not catch cold easily. “I’m considering purchasing a seat for your show; could you have some one show me about the theatre, till I make my selection?” —Hugh Wood comicbooks.com