Norman Rockwell updated by Mad Magazine

[Ichingcarpenter]

[mwrguy]

1. to be fair

in 1958 that cop was siccing dogs on freedom marchers

[randr]

3. and a black child would not be found at a soda fountain.

[Pacifist Patriot]

16. I think that's part of the image's brilliance.

It's easy to consider it progress that a black child can sit at the soda fountain while ignoring the reality of what the experience would actually be like. So he can sit there, but is that really progress?

[brooklynite]

17. Seriously...no he wasn't

The freedom marches were in the 60s, and Norman Rockwell's America in this period was centered in New England.

[pa28]

2. Whatever you do don't reach for the candy bar kid. n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. I think you mean ... doughnut, right

[leveymg]

5. Oh, I see the difference - no smoking.

So, what's the gas mask for?

[pamela]

6. Mary Engelbreit had a good one, too.

I realize she's probably the Olive Garden of illustrators compared to Norman Rockwell but she's very progressive and took a lot of heat over this illustration when she posted it on Facebook. She got a lot of backlash and then just doubled down. It was cool.

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[MyOwnPeace]

7. BRAVO!!!

[gregcrawford]

11. I've been an illustrator for fifty years, and...

... Engelbreit is no Olive Garden. Though I know you mean well, that is a disservice to her skill. She just has a different style for a different audience.

To those that gave her a hard time over this piece: It would be my very great pleasure to introduce a red-hot cattle prod to your nether portal, repeatedly and with great vigor.

My contempt for bigots has no boundaries.

[pamela]

12. You're right.

I meant that kind of tongue-in-cheek because I figured I'd get slammed for posting a Mary Engelbreit on a DU Norman Rockwell thread. I like her and I like illustration as an artform. I only threw the Olive Garden comment in to pre-empt what I was afraid would turn into another epic sub-thread.

[Hekate]

15. I love ME -- she's got the touch

I had not seen these before, so thanks.

[kydo]

8. Oh my Billy O was there ok in the 2015 version

So it still makes him a liar.

[uhnope]

9. FYI Rockwell was not as one-dimensional as some think

Entitled "The problem we all live with"

[Jerry442]

18. It's a sign of the times...

...that at first glance I thought the tomato splat was blood.

[libodem]

10. That really hurts

It sends such a threatening message on our most public face of the government.

They seem to be out to get us especially with practices like ticket quotas and check points.

All the no knock raids. All the riot gear. All the swat teams. All the drug raids. All the shooting.of the homeless and mentally ill.. The tazings. The beatings.. The bait cars.

I'm.sick of the mentality of Authoritarianism. .

Fuck the Establishment.

[zentrum]

13. Depending on the group

….you were in, the cops were, in reality, like this back in the 50's too.
As well as during the anti-war demos in the 60's.

There's a documentary called "Salt of the Earth" about unionizing miners in one of the western states. Very progressive movie. Michael Moore says it was the film that first inspired him to make documentaries. Anyway, it was allowed a one-time screening in Denver Colorado and the movie attendees had to walk into the theater through two columns of armed policemen, as if they were dangerous criminals. This was during the days of HUAC. So, as I say, the MAD picture could have applied back then too, because there were little kids in the "criminal" audience too.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Actually it's when the use of force became the FIRST resort rather than the last....

That led to hiring people who think that's a whole lotta fun.

[libodem]

23. The pile on mentality is out of control

And protecting each others' asses, rather than the public citizen, seems to be a combat-like army attitude.

Are they simply at war with the public?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. We need to arrest peace officers for disturbing the peace.

[JI7]

14. if the kid was white it would probalby be similar to 58

just as if the kid was black it would be the same in both times

[SCantiGOP]

19. Kick

Meant to be humorous, but really speaks to a real problem in our society.

[raouldukelives]

20. Awesome! I've wanted to see this for awhile.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1051399

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Jul 31, 2012............ wow ahead of the curve n/t

[libodem]

25. Wow

Amazing.

[SomethingFishy]

24. I am so glad I have kids... Mad is more subversive than ever..

and without them I wouldn't be reading it...