Life, 1922-06-08 · page 34 of 34
Life — June 8, 1922 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon depicts a 1920s golf game between the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Japan's Regent Hirohito. The satire works through **contrasting dialogue**: what each man says aloud versus his private thoughts, revealing mutual disinterest and diplomatic insincerity. **The joke**: Both players are bored and find golf tedious, yet they exchange effusive praise and compliments. Edward thinks Hirohito "plays like that this will be a circus" (disaster), while Hirohito finds Western sport "quickly tedious." Their private thoughts mock each other's abilities ("A blind man could play it") and the entire exercise. **The political context**: This reflects post-WWI diplomatic relations between Britain and Japan—formal, strained pleasantries masking underlying skepticism. The cartoon suggests that international relations involve performative courtesy rather than genuine connection, a common Life magazine theme critiquing diplomatic hypocrisy. The page's second piece, "Nobody Lies Any More," extends this theme into politics and everyday life, suggesting that obfuscation and indirect speech have replaced honest communication.
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