Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #28 — page 21: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text content**, not a political cartoon. It's an article by Rev. "Golightly" Morrill critiquing Los Angeles and its movie industry. The piece uses satirical language to mock Hollywood's culture. Morrill describes the music in movie camps as "jazz gone drunk and crazy" rather than the classical, sublime "heavenly maid" that music should be. He dismisses movie stars as "heavenly bodies" with "very earthly souls," suggesting moral corruption beneath glamorous surfaces. The editor's introduction—itself somewhat tongue-in-cheek—notes Morrill would "scorch his burning pen" about Los Angeles's excess. The satire targets Hollywood's perceived decadence, materialism, and moral degradation during the silent film era.