Comments on: Roy and the Tiger http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Tue, 22 May 2012 13:57:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: David A. Rooney http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19844 David A. Rooney Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:29:06 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19844 Elyrest got it. The day after Deforrest Kelly of Star Trek died, I drew a comic showing his headstone with the words "I'm dead, Jim." I never put it on the my web-page until a couple of years after. Elyrest got it. The day after Deforrest Kelly of Star Trek died, I drew a comic showing his headstone with the words “I’m dead, Jim.” I never put it on the my web-page until a couple of years after.

]]> By: Derek http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19811 Derek Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:06:07 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19811 Maybe the joke is that the cat literally got his tongue. Not that funny though. Personally I don't see what happened to Roy as a tragedy, merely the almost inevitable result of capturing wild animals and teaching them tricks for the amusement of idiots. It seems to me Roy got exactly what he deserved. Maybe the joke is that the cat literally got his tongue. Not that funny though. Personally I don’t see what happened to Roy as a tragedy, merely the almost inevitable result of capturing wild animals and teaching them tricks for the amusement of idiots. It seems to me Roy got exactly what he deserved.

]]> By: Jordan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19746 Jordan Sun, 31 May 2009 17:20:28 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19746 I think the difference with making a joke about a deceased family member is that you're doing it out of love and you're helping yourself and others deal with the grief. I highly doubt the cartoonist has any love for Roy (or Sigfried) and just used a real-life tragedy to serve a lazy pun. I don't really care for Sigfried and Roy myself, but seriously. If you're going to make light of a personal tragedy, do it in a way that helps people feel better about it. This is just pointing and laughing like a schoolyard bully. I think the difference with making a joke about a deceased family member is that you’re doing it out of love and you’re helping yourself and others deal with the grief. I highly doubt the cartoonist has any love for Roy (or Sigfried) and just used a real-life tragedy to serve a lazy pun.

I don’t really care for Sigfried and Roy myself, but seriously. If you’re going to make light of a personal tragedy, do it in a way that helps people feel better about it. This is just pointing and laughing like a schoolyard bully.

]]> By: Wisteria http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19745 Wisteria Sun, 31 May 2009 17:02:17 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19745 I saw this in an entirely different way. Presumably the attack just happened and the fat cop just made an tasteless attempt at humor in a tragic situation while the other cops laugh in the background - the joke is that cops are clueless jerks. Poor Roy :-( I saw this in an entirely different way. Presumably the attack just happened and the fat cop just made an tasteless attempt at humor in a tragic situation while the other cops laugh in the background - the joke is that cops are clueless jerks.

Poor Roy :-(

]]> By: Howabominable (aka Lindsey ^_^) http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19701 Howabominable (aka Lindsey ^_^) Sat, 30 May 2009 17:37:01 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19701 Sure, you can reference Columbine easier now than you could a few years ago, but it's still no more funny now than it was a few years ago. Same with this tiger attack. I mean, I'm the type of person who jokes in order to cope with stress and hard times, but even so, this comic just isn't funny, and there are some things that just aren't funny no matter how hard you try. And since this comic doesn't seem to be trying very hard, well, it fails. Sure, you can reference Columbine easier now than you could a few years ago, but it’s still no more funny now than it was a few years ago. Same with this tiger attack. I mean, I’m the type of person who jokes in order to cope with stress and hard times, but even so, this comic just isn’t funny, and there are some things that just aren’t funny no matter how hard you try. And since this comic doesn’t seem to be trying very hard, well, it fails.

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19699 Elyrest Sat, 30 May 2009 16:25:54 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19699 As the old saying goes, tragedy plus time equals comedy. To some people there is never enough time and to others time is irrelevant. This is why there will always be sick groaner jokes right after a death - especially of someone famous. It helps some people deal with pain and loss. After My youngest brother died we all sat around and told stories and made jokes, Not because we didn't care, but because we did, That said - this comic isn't very funny. As the old saying goes, tragedy plus time equals comedy.

To some people there is never enough time and to others time is irrelevant. This is why there will always be sick groaner jokes right after a death - especially of someone famous. It helps some people deal with pain and loss. After My youngest brother died we all sat around and told stories and made jokes, Not because we didn’t care, but because we did,

That said - this comic isn’t very funny.

]]> By: S.P. Charles http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19697 S.P. Charles Sat, 30 May 2009 16:08:42 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19697 And even then Chakolate, "acceptable" doesn't necessarily mean "funny." And even then Chakolate, “acceptable” doesn’t necessarily mean “funny.”

]]> By: Mitch4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19696 Mitch4 Sat, 30 May 2009 16:04:52 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19696 Hard to discuss if we're restricted to "reference". There needs to be a way to distinguish "take too lightly", "present disrespectfully" and so on. (And just being in a comic doesn't by itself put something in those piles.) That said, this one does seem rather tasteless. And indeed, obscure in its intended humor -- which is where we started. What is the joke at least supposed to be? We don't quite know ... Hard to discuss if we’re restricted to “reference”. There needs to be a way to distinguish “take too lightly”, “present disrespectfully” and so on. (And just being in a comic doesn’t by itself put something in those piles.)

That said, this one does seem rather tasteless. And indeed, obscure in its intended humor — which is where we started. What is the joke at least supposed to be? We don’t quite know …

]]> By: Chakolate http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19695 Chakolate Sat, 30 May 2009 15:51:37 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19695 @Rainey No, it's not more acceptable to reference those, and it's not more acceptable to reference Roy's accident. These things don't become more acceptable until all the people who were hurt/frightened/scarred by them are dead. @Rainey No, it’s not more acceptable to reference those, and it’s not more acceptable to reference Roy’s accident. These things don’t become more acceptable until all the people who were hurt/frightened/scarred by them are dead.

]]> By: Rainey http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19694 Rainey Sat, 30 May 2009 15:11:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2009/05/30/roy-and-the-tiger/#comment-19694 @ S.P. Charles: If the tiger attack happened a few years ago as opposed to a few weeks ago, Scott Hilburn really should have no qualms about including it in one of his comics. Just like it is more acceptable to reference Columbine and the Oklahoma city bombing today than it was just after these events took place. @ S.P. Charles: If the tiger attack happened a few years ago as opposed to a few weeks ago, Scott Hilburn really should have no qualms about including it in one of his comics. Just like it is more acceptable to reference Columbine and the Oklahoma city bombing today than it was just after these events took place.

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