Judge, 1928-04-14 · page 25 of 36
Judge — April 14, 1928 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* magazine features "Judging the Movies," a column by Pare Lorenz that reviews current films. The main joke at the bottom shows two men in conversation: a "Friend" asks if a "Mighty Hunter" has shot any elephants, and the hunter replies he couldn't because he couldn't pose with his foot on them—a satirical jab at the popular practice of trophy hunting photos where hunters posed victoriously over dead animals. The column's header includes editorial complaints from readers who found the movie reviews so bad they removed them from the magazine or stopped subscribing. One reader even claims her brother in high school was harmed by reading them. This is satirizing both the column's poor quality and readers' dramatic overreactions to entertainment criticism. The decorative illustrations show various animal heads and hunting/theatrical scenes, reinforcing the satirical tone about entertainment and hunting culture.
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JUDGE JUDGING reMOVI Only Monies) od what did you do Aree (Globe)—The Ir by the coblest Irubmas of thew all HE editor of this magazine | 4.22%‘ Paty : behind him he could write better does not like critic a | ree . reviews than the wretched. stuff Miss Callahan of Schenec- ¥ Bad bee appearing in print on page 23 tady wrote me that she had the maid i . + a 1 each week, and a Mr. Hicks said tear out the movie reviews and i mes | he had been married only one burn them before she allowed week when his bride threatened Jvpar to be put on the third shelf si (Ma se Chap to leave him if he ever again of her magazine rack, and a Miss . wasted his time on this same col Enright of Harrison, New Jer- ¥ \ : | umn, and a girl down in Miami sey, sent me a caustic note ex- aay anno eee ‘ eget named Sally wrote that her one plaining that she had stopped graph alc : consolation since the real estate her subscription because she had of th te i i and hurricane disaster was that a young brother in high school : + (Keith's ‘i old with it all she had never written and had discovered him reading E . anything so miserable as the the same hopeless and ¢ . movie editorials in Jupae, and a chap convalescing in a hospital : ! : _ | fellow came in the other day ask in Athens, Pennsylvani m" ing for a job, explaining that he that his one sick-room comfort separtmen ‘ supposed there would be a va- was that even with one hand tied (Continued on page 28) Frirxp—You never shot any elephants? Micuty Hunter—No—to tell you the truth, IT couldn’t pose with my foot on 'em. comicbooks.com