12 April 2007

Theatre of the Absurd

In today's Dinette Set, Burl and Joy go to the movies where the reader is left to wonder:
  • If the artist could actually be bothered to see something as high-brow as The Illusionist
  • Whether there actually are places where employees give enough of a damn about their minimum-wage job that they protect the mega-theatre corporation's profits by hassling patrons about bringing food.
  • If the editor realized that the phrase "check your bag" has another common meaning and might confuse the reader, if only briefly.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does she write these strips like six months ahead, or is Crustwood really so far away from everything that they have to go to the theater to see things that came out on DVD three months ago?

Anonymous said...

I love this cartoon and believe it or not I live in a small midwest town and we have many Burl's and Joy's here---and yes, we get nothing but old movies!!! I think "Pride and Prejudice" is currently playing here now!!!