I'm creating a new, let's say, feature of my blog. As I read comics, I tend to get tickled by some of the panels because they are a:) legitimately funny or more commonly b:), they are from older comics in an era where the story telling or dialogue is tailor made to be goofed on. Because I am not selfish, I want to share with YOU, dear reader. I won't even provide any story context for these. I think it will be funnier that way. Then I will briefly provide my thoughts. So, for my inaugural post, I submit this panel for your consideration from "Luke Cage, Power Man" #46.
So we have Luke Cage actually using the words, "Jive-mouth". Now I didn't live in the 70's, so maybe that was a real insult. Somehow, I think not. As a short aside, I once was going to write up a post about how in the past, the majority of black characters were written by white writers. In that writing, you see clear examples of someone that doesn't understand the culture and writes what they heard in a blaxploitation movie at the time. For me, reading stuff like that is low key insulting. We do talk like everyone else, you know. Don't try to hit me with that, "That's how people talked at that time." Stop it.
Anyways, that aside brings us back to this piece of choice dialogue. I feel like this very thing is exactly what I'm talking about. Later in the issue, I believe "Jive Turkeys" was also used, but I know that is at least a more realistic phrase.
The cherry on the top from my submission is Cage literally punting a guy into the trashcan. He's in Chicago and had a riff about the Chicago bears in the section I didn't show.
There you have it. Hope you Jive-mouths enjoyed this submission.
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| Sometimes my Jive-Mouth can get a little dry. I tend to drink a bottle of haterade to quench my thirst. |
So we have Luke Cage actually using the words, "Jive-mouth". Now I didn't live in the 70's, so maybe that was a real insult. Somehow, I think not. As a short aside, I once was going to write up a post about how in the past, the majority of black characters were written by white writers. In that writing, you see clear examples of someone that doesn't understand the culture and writes what they heard in a blaxploitation movie at the time. For me, reading stuff like that is low key insulting. We do talk like everyone else, you know. Don't try to hit me with that, "That's how people talked at that time." Stop it.
Anyways, that aside brings us back to this piece of choice dialogue. I feel like this very thing is exactly what I'm talking about. Later in the issue, I believe "Jive Turkeys" was also used, but I know that is at least a more realistic phrase.
The cherry on the top from my submission is Cage literally punting a guy into the trashcan. He's in Chicago and had a riff about the Chicago bears in the section I didn't show.
There you have it. Hope you Jive-mouths enjoyed this submission.
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