Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate pieces: 1. **The opening section** discusses David Wark Griffith, the famous film director, whom the writer jokingly calls a "poet" (Griffith was known for artistic pretensions). The satire suggests Hollywood people are affectedly cultured and self-promotional—they "strut and fluff and show our fine feathers." 2. **"We'll Say So!"** is an anecdote about Al Jolson, the blackface comedian, visiting an insane asylum in California. A newly admitted patient wishes that "Volstead was born with a thirst"—referencing the Volstead Act (Prohibition legislation). Jolson's punchline suggests the patient's anti-Prohibition sentiment proves he's actually sane, creating dark humor about Prohibition-era politics.