Judge, 1929-04-20 · page 10 of 36
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# "Judge" Magazine Satire Analysis This page contains two satirical pieces by S.J. Perelman mocking scientific pretension. **Upper Cartoon**: A courtroom scene where a judge lectures a defendant about honor and living decently. The satire targets judicial hypocrisy—the judge ironically dismisses the defendant's concerns while embodying moral laxity himself. **Main Article "Judge Scientist Isolates Booze Germ"**: Perelman satirizes Prof. Von Perelman (a fictional character sharing the author's name) as an absurdly self-important scientist who claims germs—not alcohol consumption—cause intoxication. The humor lies in the ridiculous inversion of obvious cause-and-effect, mocking pseudoscientific posturing and academics who overstate their discoveries. The anecdote about tying string to his assistant's wife's leg suggests eccentric, questionable behavior masked by scientific authority. **Lower Cartoon**: Two tennis players discuss court strategy using pseudo-scientific language ("Einstein's Theory"), mocking how people mindlessly invoke scientific concepts to sound intelligent. The satire targets scientific pomposity and the era's tendency to attribute all problems to newly-discovered germs.
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