Comments on: The Game is Afoot http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Mon, 21 May 2012 13:46:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Richard http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10502 Richard Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:05:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10502 I don't think Caufield performed a very good impersonation of Mildred Montag - at least, not the way I remember Mildred as being portayed in the novel. I recall her as being manic depressive, either ethusiastically elated about her television shows, or so depressed that she attempts suicide. Caufield didn't capture any of that. I don’t think Caufield performed a very good impersonation of Mildred Montag - at least, not the way I remember Mildred as being portayed in the novel. I recall her as being manic depressive, either ethusiastically elated about her television shows, or so depressed that she attempts suicide. Caufield didn’t capture any of that.

]]> By: furrykef http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10499 furrykef Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:50:53 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10499 Hmm. Yeah, upon thinking about it now, I think Caulfield's "I don't recognize that name from TV" is a strong hint that she actually got it wrong. Setting aside whether Olsen should be an ignoramus or not, it <em>would</em> seem pretty odd for her to get it right. I mean, this is a comic strip. The way these things always work when they set up something ("I'm <em>definitely</em> gonna guess it <em>this</em> year") is either it doesn't happen or there's some surprising twist on it. Her getting it right isn't enough of a surprising twist; something's going on here. But then they only have one day to clear up what's going on, so I'm kind of puzzled as to where Mallett could be going with this. - Kef Hmm. Yeah, upon thinking about it now, I think Caulfield’s “I don’t recognize that name from TV” is a strong hint that she actually got it wrong.

Setting aside whether Olsen should be an ignoramus or not, it would seem pretty odd for her to get it right. I mean, this is a comic strip. The way these things always work when they set up something (”I’m definitely gonna guess it this year”) is either it doesn’t happen or there’s some surprising twist on it. Her getting it right isn’t enough of a surprising twist; something’s going on here.

But then they only have one day to clear up what’s going on, so I’m kind of puzzled as to where Mallett could be going with this.

- Kef

]]> By: Cedar http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10489 Cedar Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:08:39 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10489 Bill-- Surely we've all known teachers who didn't seem that smart or curious about the world. Heck, Liz Patterson from fborfw is a teacher, and she's never come off as particularly smart or clever. I think Mrs. Olsen is a play on that. Also, at my HS, there were some older teachers (most definitely retired by now, I should hope) who didn't have teaching degrees, but got the jobs as teachers when the school first opened and just never left. Granted, this was awhile ago, but I'm sure it still exists. Bill–

Surely we’ve all known teachers who didn’t seem that smart or curious about the world. Heck, Liz Patterson from fborfw is a teacher, and she’s never come off as particularly smart or clever. I think Mrs. Olsen is a play on that. Also, at my HS, there were some older teachers (most definitely retired by now, I should hope) who didn’t have teaching degrees, but got the jobs as teachers when the school first opened and just never left. Granted, this was awhile ago, but I’m sure it still exists.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10483 Cidu Bill Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:16:35 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10483 I've always chosen to believe, since clearly Mrs. Olsen has been to college and probably has some advanced degree in education, that she's just messing with everybody's heads. I can accept humorless, but not stupid. I’ve always chosen to believe, since clearly Mrs. Olsen has been to college and probably has some advanced degree in education, that she’s just messing with everybody’s heads. I can accept humorless, but not stupid.

]]> By: Cedar http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10478 Cedar Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:20:34 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10478 Since the strip world is different from our world, I'd say, No, it doesn't make us idiots. I like it because normally Mrs. Olsen is just a static punchline about ignorance and refusal to better oneself. I like that she's even heard of 451. Since the strip world is different from our world, I’d say, No, it doesn’t make us idiots.

I like it because normally Mrs. Olsen is just a static punchline about ignorance and refusal to better oneself. I like that she’s even heard of 451.

]]> By: Dawn http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10476 Dawn Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:08:24 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10476 He doesn't recognize the name "from TV". He's in character. He doesn’t recognize the name “from TV”. He’s in character.

]]> By: Powers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10466 Powers Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:57:19 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10466 Cedar, does that make the rest of us complete idiots? Actually, I'm not convinced that it is Mildred Montag. Caulfield, in character, says he doesn't recognize the name. If he was portraying her, wouldn't his character recognize her own name? Cedar, does that make the rest of us complete idiots?

Actually, I’m not convinced that it is Mildred Montag. Caulfield, in character, says he doesn’t recognize the name. If he was portraying her, wouldn’t his character recognize her own name?

]]> By: Cedar http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10459 Cedar Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:50:19 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10459 I'd glad Mrs. Olsen guessed it. It's nice to see she's not a complete idiot. I’d glad Mrs. Olsen guessed it. It’s nice to see she’s not a complete idiot.

]]> By: furrykef http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10458 furrykef Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:03:13 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10458 I'd think if she got it wrong, Frazz would hint it more obviously. I’d think if she got it wrong, Frazz would hint it more obviously.

]]> By: jayjaybear http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10454 jayjaybear Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:58:51 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/the-game-is-afoot/#comment-10454 Is that Mrs. Olsen "getting it" or Mrs. Olsen just "guessing it"? Is that Mrs. Olsen “getting it” or Mrs. Olsen just “guessing it”?

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