Judge, 1931-12-12 · page 12 of 36
Judge — December 12, 1931 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains three satirical pieces: **Top Section - "Vive Mussolini!"**: A brief commentary praising Mussolini for breaking up organized crime in Italy, sarcastically wishing he'd come to America to deal with "instalment collectors" (debt collectors). This reflects 1920s-30s fascination with Mussolini's authoritarian methods, before widespread recognition of fascism's dangers. **Upper Cartoon**: Shows Hindu fakirs (holy men) as a "Christmas Suggestion," likely mocking Americans' superficial interest in exotic Eastern religions as holiday novelties. **Main Cartoon - "Seeing the World"**: Depicts newsreel editors discussing mundane footage: Lithuanian premier visits, circus acts, California scenes, and repeated Hitler/Mussolini military footage. The satire criticizes how newsreels pad programming with trivial content and morgue footage, presenting routine events as thrilling journalism while genuinely significant political developments receive repetitive coverage. **Bottom Cartoon**: A domestic joke about laundry losing a person's winter clothing. The page satirizes 1930s media superficiality and fascist propaganda visibility.
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JUDGE Vive Mussolini! M ussontnt has succeeded in break- ing up a nation-wide ng of brigands and extortionists in Italy. We wish he'd come over here and try his methods on our instalment collectors. Regardless of the revelations of seeret bank deposits, New York con- tinues to clect Tammany officials year after year. It seems as though the slogan of the voters is, “With all theie ilts we love them still.” The best brains in’ this country have been trying to figure out a way to reduce the cotton surplus, yet the solution is as ridiculously simple as this: let it rain on it. And can't a man do something to the laundry that sends back his only dress shirt with buttons sewed on it? Christmas Suggestion—Become a Hindu Just for the Holidays. “Seeing the World” Were Joe, let's get at this Christmas week newsreel now,” Okay, Chief “Here's a fifty-foot shot of a big parade in Ypsilanti celebrating some- thing or other.” “Fine! “And here's Lithuanian Premier Lands in New York, Acrobats Enter- tain Inmates of Kiddies’ Home, and Cow Nurses Pig.” att” “Lemme see. Here’s | Mussolini again and another shot of Hitler, re viewing their respective forces. And here’s some swell stuff from C. nia—Bathing Beauties in the Orange Crop Breaks All Recore Los Angeles Firemen Test N “Gri TT showing the got a Canadian Sn ant, and Plow at “T guess that'll be enough. We can pad the rest with some shots from the morgue—a special, like Christmas in Many Lands or something.” “Okay, Ch Let's call it a day.” “Wish I could, but I've got to write an article for Screen Reflections.” What about, Chief?” “They want me to tell the public how our intrepid cameramen brave countless perils to bring before the public all the thrilling events of the da “Oh, yeah! Well, I wish you luck.” “Yoo hoo, Mamma—ihere are my winter longies, Mamma?” —Gurvey Wittiams 10 comicbooks.com