As you probably know, or well, let’s be honest, you DO know, (unless you’ve been living on a stranded island for 7 years, but I bet even that lady knows now) that the plane from Malaysian Airlines, flight number 370 has gone missing. The plane seems to have vanished from the Earth. Countries all over the world are looking for it in what seems to be a hopeless search. Where could it possibly be? That’s the question on everyone’s minds. This political cartoon from Jeff Darcy-who has made several on the subject over the past couple of weeks- reflects the baffled attitude that the common public shares.
While this is a political cartoon, Darcy recognizes that this may be a touchy subject. therefore, the cartoon is not overtly funny. In fact, like most political cartoons, it is professional and lightly humored. In order to reflect the fact that confusion is shared by everyone, the news channel reporting in the picture is “CNNMSNBCFOXABCD” which is funny, but also serious. Nobody really knows what is going on. In fact, as Darcy points out, it’s like a search from the popular series, “Where’s Waldo?” There doesn’t seem go be an answer, much like in the Waldo books. In order to display the incredible difficulty that all search parties are going through, Darcy depicts Waldo in the picture. Waldo looks as baffled as everyone feels. In showing Waldo, Darcy implies many things that central around the theme. He implies that even Waldo is easier to find than the plane and that Waldo, who is arguably the hardest person to find (if he was real), is confused. Both of these ideas add to the air of mass confusion that everyone is facing, but do so in a respectful and not overly obnoxious way. We can only hope, as Darcy seems to, for the best.
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