The arrival of MAD in our mailbox each month was an event! We used to quarrel over who got to read it first. Other than that we agreed on it. MAD was the best!
As much as I loved Mad, and as much as I enjoyed trading comics with other kids not allowed it at a 3-to-1 advantage, looking back on it now, it was probably the beginning of modern cynicism and snark culture, which is inherently conservative and rather sad to me.
I see what you are saying, Greg Milner, but satire like MAD's is always needed. The problem is when the "mainstream" media adopt that snark as well. The TV network news in those days was professional, but it later fell into tabloid-ism and crude buzz words.
The arrival of MAD in our mailbox each month was an event! We used to quarrel over who got to read it first. Other than that we agreed on it. MAD was the best!
ReplyDeleteWalked to the corner store once a month. Bought MAD with my paper route money. Sometimes Cracked as well.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I loved Mad, and as much as I enjoyed trading comics with other kids not allowed it at a 3-to-1 advantage, looking back on it now, it was probably the beginning of modern cynicism and snark culture, which is inherently conservative and rather sad to me.
ReplyDeleteI see what you are saying, Greg Milner, but satire like MAD's is always needed. The problem is when the "mainstream" media adopt that snark as well. The TV network news in those days was professional, but it later fell into tabloid-ism and crude buzz words.
ReplyDeleteIt promoted alternative thinking rather than just accepting media to me. I didn't find it snarky really
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