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So, I posted my cartoon about movie reviewers getting too old here. Little did I know, Roger Ebert is having some pretty bad medical issues that make him unable to speak. He had to get part of his jaw removed I believe due to cancer. Now, I feel like a total jerk =(
Anyway, I have two options to right my accidental wrong. I could change the name of the reviewer in the comic or I could keep the little blurb I have added underneath the comic until the end of time. Whatcha think?
-Justin
I wouldn't worry about it too much, I think the blurb suffices.
Keep the blurb, you did it in ignorance and feel bad for it. You've made up for it.
I know no one is going to agree with this, but my advice would be to trash the entire cartoon. With or without Ebert's name, it is (a) mean-spirited and (b) unfunny.
You could change it to 'why actor's shouldn't become critics' and replace Roger Ebert with 'Sylvester Stallone.' Everyone enjoys a good jab at Rambo when they can get it.
whoops.
im thinkin changing the name would be good
Actually, I kinda agree with Pat. This may be the first time one of your cartoons didn't make me laugh. This one just came across wrong, and you're normally friggin' hilarious.
If you keep the comic, I'd change the name of the reviewer, but if it were me, I'd just trash it and chalk it up to experience.
I would tend to agree, unluckily, with the others. I didn't know who he was but I think this one was a little too abstract even without the foot-in-mouth comment. I'd say subtley remove it, purifying the site to keep all the other great cartoons. Like some perfect human race or something. Maybe, maybe not. But yeah, it's not the fact that it could be construed as "rude" or "tasteless", but I'm sure you'd not want to offend the more soft-hearted out there!
I think you should leave it as written. You were making an observation that happens to be accurate and true, even though it grazes across uncomfortable territory. Ebert may be horribly ill and my sympathy extends to him, just as it does to anyone else I can think of who is ill. But at some point, there is a time where one has the responsibility and sense of self respect to say, "I can't do my job anymore. It's been fun, but I gotta go on and deal with life now." Michael J. Fox, anyone?
Justin- it was funny. I laughed. I also sighed and felt sorry for an old man facing mortality. Keep up the good work, and don't feel bad for being brave enough to reference the darker aspects of the world with a little levity. (Plus…I agree with you. Regardless of /why/ he's unable to provide commentary, I don't want to watch a film critic that can't criticize. Would you tolerate a surgeon with palsy still operating, just because he was famous for having been the best once? I think not.)
Ok, it has been over a year that he had his surgery; it had stopped him from doing the show Ebert & Roper (At The Movies) but has not stopped him from going to the movies and writing reviews. He can still 'criticize' just not in person or on TV, there are plenty of critics just write the reviews. Maybe because I have been watching him for years, and was a faithful follower of the show, and his health your comment and this cartoon hit a cord with me.
I’m not saying take it down, I’m saying next time do some research before you post something about a person (especially when it comes to a person getting up in age)
If you're going to change something, I'd either go with Michael and turn him into Sylvester Stallone or take it down all together.
No offense, but I didn't think this one was funny anyway. However, it's already up and all the regular readers have already read it. Taking it down won't change that; but if someone discovered this comic, was trying to decide on it's awesomeness level and hit the random button, would you want them to land on this one?
Very good point. I love pressing random. It's like "Good God, what am I going to laugh at this time?!"
But this wouldn't make a good impression to new viewers who are already used to endless hilarity in all the others.
crap I can't edit. "who AREN'T already used…"
Re: Comment by Pat
It may be unfunny to ->"YOU"!<-But had I been drinking coca-cola,er…let's say Dr. Pepper (we are discussing health issues here after all), that soda would have come out my nose and gastric fumes out my arse all at the same time because I laughed so hard.
Re: Comment by Michael
You missed the "PUNCH" line in your comment mate.Everyone enjoys a good jab at "ROCKY" when they can get it not Rambo.
Re: Justin Question
I says leave the tiny toon about the old bugger the way it is mate. Hilarious it is!
Cheers!
You should keep it, but change it so the print at the bottom explaining it is larger and at the top.
Leave the comic as is, I say. You can't publish material and hope not to offend someone. If only unoffensive material was published the media wouldn't exist. Most people won't admit this, but if you find something funny, it most likely offends someone else. Your comic was in no way meant to be spiteful or insulting, and as a very talented and respected movie critic, Roger Ebert would be a massive hypocrite if he couldn't take some honest fun at his expense. If you had known his predicament before posting the comic it would have been tasteless and uncool, but since that isn't the case, it was just a harmless joke. Retracting unspiteful but accidentally offensive material, is, in my opinion, an degrading form of self-censorship that does more to harm the image of free media than improve it.
You explained your faux pas and apologized for it; no respectable man should expect more in retribution for such a minor offense. I would suggest rephrasing your explanation in a more somber tone, express your respect for Mr. Ebert and wish him well, and perhaps make it more noticeable by moving it above the comic, bolding it, and placing a nice big ARTIST'S NOT: or something similar in front of it. That's what I would do. However, Justin, you are, near as I can tell, a smart man and are capable of making a good decision in this matter, and I won't lose any respect for you regardless of your decision.
your old fan,
Mike Chapman
I suggest just keeping the blurb at the bottom. You didn't make it to offend. Of course you could remove it, and I shall start a whole conspiracy website against LHT, as I have the comic now saved on my computer ;P
Yeeeah… When I originally saw the comic, before you'd added the little note, I was really hoping that you didn't know about Ebert's health woes, Justin. It is kind of mean…
I think you're funny and since you obviously did not know and apologized for it, I think you're fine for now… But it might be a good idea to take it down if you're planning to fully fix the situation, because if anyone came here and saw it, they might be turned off and think that this site is mean-spirited. : It's a tough call.
I say leave it, leave the blurb. Roger Ebert is a nice guy and I'm sorry to hear about his health issues, but he's also not a very good critic. Although his Overlooked Film Festival sometimes has very nice films in it…I just find he is getting soft on terrible movies.
I mean, if you gotta change it, you could change it so he is actually yelling something hilarious and elderly, because not all of it is poking fun at the inability of toothless old people to speak coherently.
If you have an envelope, keep it away from Justin.
Because he will PUSH IT.
Hahaha! Everyone in my office looked at me when I laughed reading that.
Leave it like it is. I didn't think it was one of your best, but I did enjoy it. But I also think it's apparent you're making an 'elderly' joke and not a 'jaw surgery' joke (cancer doesn't make you narcoleptic OR flatulent).
To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't have even bothered with a blurb. What's next? Adding a blurb to 353 about amputees being people too? At some point, almost all humor is at the expense of _someone_ – and "everyone you meet is fighting a great battle".
Keep this comic, get rid of a different one. Like, as an act of contrition.
Leave it like it is, with the little blurb. I thought it was funny, I didn't know about Ebert's condition either. Sure it's a kind of 'my bad' moment when you realize the joke you made is actually true – like asking a sad person 'who died?' and finding out their dad died…you feel like a jerk but it wasn't intentional.
Your comics are hilarious, please don't cater to the silly people who can't take a joke, even one that misses, and take down the comic.
You can't please everybody all the time.
Not to make light of his situation, but these things are a part of life. You wanted to write the comic and you wrote it. Stick with the comic as it is. You explained your intentions / lack of knowledge about the situation.
I just read this article by Ebert, which was published yesterday. The man's mind still seems quite sharp to me.
I think you were just plain wrong on this one.
I say just keep the little blurb. You didn't know, and you're sorry, that's what's important.
Changing art once it's published is a no-no — in my opinion. The real question is whether your comics qualify as art ;).
Its really okay…shouldn't affect his reviews at all…as long as he can get a THUMB UP!
I'd leave it. But I tend to like things bordering on tasteless…I think it's where the most interesting things happen.
You might be comforted by the knowledge that you weren't alone in not knowing about Ebert's health issues. I didn't know until I read your note at the bottom of that strip.
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