Life, 1927-10-27 · page 10 of 36
Life — October 27, 1927 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content from *Life* magazine. The main illustration shows a couple at a window, with a caption mocking movie-going and fashion: "Isn't this the movie we saw last week?" / "Of course not; can't you see the star's wearing a different earring?"—satirizing both repetitive Hollywood plots and women's obsession with fashion details. **"A Few Reasons Why We Separated"** (by Charles G. Shaw) humorously lists petty grievances in a relationship: a partner's annoying laugh, piano habits, calling him by wrong names, jealousy, and shopping addictions. It's satire on how small irritations accumulate in marriages. **"One Good Man to His Radio"** depicts someone nostalgically recalling radio broadcasts and political conventions from years past. The remaining pieces—"Fairy Tale," "Correspondence Course"—appear to be brief humorous sketches but lack sufficient context for detailed analysis from this single page.
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“Isn’? THIS THE MOVIE WE SAW LAST WE “OP COURSE NOT; CAN'T YOU SEE THE STAR'S WEARING A DIFFERENT EARRING?” One Good Man to His Radio WELL, old pal, it breaks my heart to think that the hour of our parting is drawing near. We've stuck together through thick and thin and your howls and groans have than balanced by the hours of pleasure you have given been m me. I stayed with you through Little Spanish through tales about great wons of “In a Town"; big fuzzy-wuzzy bears and ukulele through prize fights, hours, countless —ser- numbers; Fd housewives’ mons, saxophone and contralto solos. presidential sp 1 educational programs. I have not forgotten the big thrill that came one night back in when I thought I had picked up Vladivostok. You will remem- ber that I didn't reproach you when I learned later that it was a seed- house station in Iowa. But we must part, old pal...you will understand next vear...there’s to be another Democratic Convention. .. good-by, old pal... Gerald Cosgrove. Correspondence Course DROFESSOR: Don't you anything about literature? Stupent: Sure, I've written to all the toothpaste companies for it. know A Few Reasons Why We Separated ECAUSE. she hours at some half-witted “boy friend's” ‘1 crack a smile at my drollest quips. would roar for feeble wheeze but never Because she would insist upon be- ing my partner at. bridge. Because she had a habit of every now and then calling me “Joe.” Because she would play the piano for hours on end with one finger. Because she would get hungry at the most inopportune moments. Because she was immediately filled with platitudes at the sight of a sunset. habit « me Because she every now and then calling - Because her suspicions were in- variably well founded, Because she had a passion for diamond bracelets, ropes of pearls, chinchilla, Hispano-Suizas, orchids, Clicquot “11, and the Colony Restau- rant Because she had a habit of every now and then calling me Charles G. Shave. “Gus.” Fairy Tale NCE. upon a time a wife, grown rich, was telling a female friend of the years when she and her hus- band had toiled and saved to make both ends even approximate a june- “And do you know, my dear,” she said, “what was the hardest thing about it all? The fact that I have never had a sense of humor and so could the funny side of any ture within the same count never see situation.” THE SUB-DIVISION REALTOR CUTS A PIE. comicbooks.com’