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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page: "Divorce" Theme This page satirizes 1920s divorce culture and its social consequences. The cartoons mock both the ease of obtaining divorces and women's newfound legal equality in marriage dissolution. **Key satirical points:** 1. **"Grounds for Divorce"** mocks how divorce locations (Reno, Paris, Yucatan) became fashionable destinations, suggesting divorces were treats rather than serious matters. 2. **"Divorce Song"** references Henry VIII's beheadings, sardonically suggesting modern alimony payments replace historical violence—progress of a sort. 3. **"Granted"** dialogue satirizes wives' frustrations: husbands won't leave home or grant desertion grounds, yet insist on reading newspapers aloud—depicting modern marriage as mutually miserable. The humor targets both divorce's trivialization and marital discord, reflecting post-suffrage anxieties about changing gender dynamics and marriage instability.
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Tom—Did she get brown at Palm Beach? Sur—No, his name was Jones! Grounds for Divorce Reno. Paris. Yueal Or any other place you can, hi It is indeed a wise child that | can name its parents in numerical order. Iq] Wn ii “My dear! Y’ apartment!” JUDGE don’t know the half of it. Why, when his wife caught them they were living in a duplez Talk about duplicity! Divorce Song Revised: “Farewell, farewell, | my own through love.” | Until a husband can obtain ali- | mony by crossing his legs and ex- | hibiting his garters to the judge, | “equal rights” will be only a snare \ and a delusion. Who says the world is getting better?) Henry VILL chopped off their heads; now we pay ‘em ali- | mony. | “\ .. inhibitions, 6... My dear, I'll never trust another psychoanalyst as | long as I live... I've just shot my husband and I don't feel a bit bet- Granted Lawyer—But we can't get him on des if he stays home. Mrs.—But he makes me sit up with him. Lawyer—Y es, but he insists upon — | | reading me the editorials in Lib- erty. Lawyer—Fine! Cruel and in- human treatment! “Let's run off and get sepa- | rated.” It would be awfully romantic, | dear, but mother'd feel dreadfully hurt if I didn’t get a regular court divorce. I'm to wear the dress she did.” same comicbooks.com