Life, 1926-09-16 · page 23 of 40
Life — September 16, 1926 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a theater guide listing Broadway and entertainment attractions with brief reviews. The main cartoon depicts a man examining a woman with a magnifying glass, captioned "Mind you—I'm not criticizing her—I'm analyzing her." **The Joke's Context:** This is social satire about gender dynamics in the 1920s. The cartoon plays on the era's pseudo-intellectual trend of "analysis"—likely referencing Freudian psychology, which was becoming fashionable among educated urbanites. The humor stems from the contradiction: a man claims he's merely conducting scientific "analysis" of a woman's appearance/character, when he's obviously just scrutinizing her critically (or romantically). The joke suggests that men used intellectual pretenses to justify examining or judging women, a commentary on how analysis could serve as a socially acceptable cover for objectification or patronizing behavior. It reflects 1920s debates about women's changing social roles during the Jazz Age.
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Owing to the time # takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. corner of Hung Chow and Elm Streets. The same girls redecorated, and the same old hoke just as it was. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. More or Less Serious The Donovan Affair. Fulton—A murder mys- by Owen Davis, with Robert T. Haines and ve Foster. To be reviewed next week. | The Ghost Train. Fltinge—Movterate thrills derived from the passage of trains through a Republic—This and “Va- ry station. lencta.”* The Great God Brown. Klaw—Eugenc . ; O'Neill's metaphysical drama proving that the; The Adorable List. Forty: Ninth, St— With Tom Wise, Dorothy Burgess and To be reviewed next week. At Mrs. Beam's. Guild—A panic in a London rding-house ‘caused by the presence of a pected wife-killer. Good comedy. Cradle Snatchers. Music Bor—Interest in this one has revived to such an extent that it has postponed going on the road. We are open for offers for our special antagonism to new shows. Two hundred dollars a week and we will oppose a show for the entire length of its run. Henry, Behave! Nora Bayes—John Cumber- land in a mildly amusing farce. The Home Towners. Iudson—Reviewed in this issue. If I Was Rich. 3fansfeld— Known in Chicago z Little Guy. Dres isa Thinking Public as well as a Theatre Pub! The House of Ussher. Mayfair—Inter: t not as interesting as all this. Lulu Belle. Felasco—Lenore Ulric at her best rk account of how a colored girl earned a > Paris—without return, thanks to Henry & Number 7. Times Square—To be reviewed One Man's Woman. Forty. St.—Never j 1 wrapping it up—it's for "s—Well, it seems there were two a man and a woman: The Shanghai Gesture. Forty. rence Reed back at the old stand a rie, Jr reviewed next week. The Little Spitfire. C With Sylvia Field. To be reviewed next week. Loose Ankles. [iltmore— Reviewed in this issue My Country. — Forrest— The author of this is the first man we have been le definitely to locate wha s seen “Abie’s Irish Rose.” No Trespassing. Sam UW. Harris—With Florence Shirley, win Nicander and Juliette Day. To be reviewed later. IND you—1'M NOT CRITICIZING HER—1'M ANALYZING HER a 2i Ri ss and Detectiv Potash and Perlmutt The sixth of the s Jules Goodman. week. Service for Two. Gairty—By Martin Plavin, with Hugh Wakefield and Ms kley. To be reviewed next week. She Couldn't Say No. Booth—With Plorence Moore. > be reviewed next wee Jy by Vincent ink Conroy, To be re- Lawrenc John Halliday and Flora Shei viewed later. What Every Woman Knows. Bijou—Helen Hayes seems to have given this Barrie revival a two-year lease on life. Eye and Ear Entertainment Americana. Belmont—A smart and amusingly satincal revuelet, with Lew Brice and Roy Atwell, Castles in the Air. Selwyn—With Vivienne Segal and J. Harold Murray. To be reviewed later. Garrick Gaieties. Gerrict—The original satir- ical revue, still holding its owr The Girl Friend. Vanderbilt—Contain of the best dance hits of th et-hotel It also has Puck and Whit The Great Temptations. Winter Garden— nal and colossal, with a real entertainer in Plymouth—By this t paid for havin, ivan revival in years. Kisses. Playhouse—Dancing and about all. A Night in Paris. hile a slight exaggeratio Forty-Fourth St.—The title, es you a good idea. Queen High. Ambassador—With Luella Gear- Charles Ruggles and Prank. McIntyre. To be reviewed later. Sunny. Amsterdam — Marilyn ‘Miller and Jack Donahue have been just about a year on their feet in this, but you'd never know it. The Vagabond King. Casino—And these boys have been singing for a year in this on, Vanities of 1926. Eart Carroll—In spite of Ju- lius Tannen, the Avon Comedy Two, and M ran Mack, this edition of Mr. Carr show leaves somet desired, Ziegfeld Revue. Globe—James Barton, Dooley and Andrew To: Rae a pleasant evening. Correct YHE orator, making the gle scream, shouted: “What did America get out of the war?” But before he could demonstrate his country’s al- truism, a member of the audience answered: “The an name of ‘Uncle 4NCL Shylock, near- j MNeve7~ beer and a lett from Clemenceau.” > ~ comicbooks.com