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Post by patapin on Sept 22, 2018 9:38:01 GMT
Hello again, here is something very funny. What would you call it: irony, tongue-in-cheek, second degree humor (I don't know if this latter exists in English)?   And about "Right now": does it have several meanings, or does it have several meanings? (lol) |
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Post by dancelover on Sept 22, 2018 19:03:26 GMT
No, Patapin, I find that I disagree with you. I call it "direct" and even "blatant." Snoopy is simply not about to obey Linus, who is not his master and does not feed him or take him for walks. Remember that "Snoopy steals Linus' blanket" is a frequent trope of Peanuts. Now Charles Shultz is "ringing another change" on it. Dancelover Hello again, here is something very funny. What would you call it: irony, tongue-in-cheek, second degree humor (I don't know if this latter exists in English)? And about "Right now": does it have several meanings, or does it have several meanings? (lol) |
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Post by patapin on Sept 23, 2018 8:49:30 GMT
Hello dancelover,  Thank you for reminding me that Snoopy has not to obey Linus, I forgot that  . I must say that in other strips, Snoopy follows Lucy, or Frieda (when she wants to go hunting rabbits), or Patty Smith... And sometimes, Snoopy doesn't even remember Charlie Brown's name ("Who is this rounded-head boy?")! Anyway, I still wonder about the last speech bubble. How could we explain it? "Right now" appears three times. Imagine we are looking inside Snoopy's head. 1rst: OK, Snoopy just repeats it. 2nd: Maybe Snoopy remembers his master's voice, when Charlie says it. 3rd: And now, maybe Snoopy hears it said by Linus, who is not his master, so he decides not to obey. Could it be something like that? |
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Post by MrB on Sept 23, 2018 12:39:32 GMT
I think it’s much as you say Patapin: Snoopy is saying he can never remember whose version of “Right now” is intended. I’d say that one of the versions is Snoopy’s one, where it might mean, “some time in the future, whenever I feel like it”, and the other is the human version, where it means “instantly”.
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Post by patapin on Sept 24, 2018 9:31:23 GMT
Hello MrB , it could be so. As I was thinking about this strip, another idea occured to me. As there are three pictures, there are three different moments. Between the first and the second image, a few seconds have passed, but each time, Linus pronounces "Right now". In a dog's head, how can there be two "Right now" moments at two different times?  |
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Post by Dil Bert on Sept 24, 2018 13:37:50 GMT
FWIW, Dancelover brings up an interesting point about Snoopy not being Linus' dog. However, I think the joke is just that there is no difference in meaning between "right now" and "right now".
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Post by patapin on Sept 26, 2018 8:36:20 GMT
Hello Dil Bert The simpler, the better. I also think that the fun of this strip is what you said. And that is why I am embarrassed. Is Snoopy impertinent or impertinent? (  ) You know, I had never seen Snoopy making fun of a human. In my mind, Snoopy is never impudent. He may be selfish, mythomaniac, lazy, gourmand, chicken, but never insolent. And if we consider he is intentionally ironic, de facto he would be cheeky. That's why I tried to find another analysis. Snoopy is not sardonic, I think he is really troubled. Look at his face, it's someone's thinking hard, divided, abashed.  For me, Snoopy is really trying to find an answer (and that leaves him time to enjoy the blanket a few moments more!). |
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. I must say that in other strips, Snoopy follows Lucy, or Frieda (when she wants to go hunting rabbits), or Patty Smith... And sometimes, Snoopy doesn't even remember Charlie Brown's name ("Who is this rounded-head boy?")! 
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