Democracy is Burning
September 9th, 2021 Barry Posted in Barry's favorites, Elections | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has six panels. All six panels show the same two women on top of an unrealistically round and even hill. One woman is drawn as an anthropomorphic dog; she’s sitting in a reclined lawn chair, wearing flip-flops, shorts, and a t-shirt with an exclamation point design. The other woman is drawn as an anthropomorphic cat. She’s wearing a vest over a polka-dotted shirt, a dark calf-length skirt, and black socks or stockings.
The comic is colored mostly in dim shades of blue, indicating dusk or nighttime.
PANEL 1
Cat and Dog are looking out at the horizon. There’s an orange-yellow glow all along the horizon.
CAT: What’s that glow on the horizon?
DOG: It’s democracy burning.
PANEL 2
They both continue staring at the distant horizon. The cat crosses her arms and looks angry.
DOG: The fire will rush over us and burn everything down pretty soon.
CAT: That’s horrible! Can’t the Democrats stop it?
PANEL 3
A more distant shot shows us a landscape of unrealistically steep, round hills. Cat puts a hand on her face, flabbergasted. The dog seems emotionally withdrawn or numb (as she’s looked all along).
DOG: Doubtful… Between the filibuster, gerrymandering, and the Supreme Court, elections are just gonna stop being meaningful.
CAT: But… How can they do that?
DOG: The rules say they can.
PANEL 4
The cat yells, looking panicked. The dog, still calm, looks at the cat out of the corner of her eye.
CAT: We can’t just stand here while democracy burns! We have to DO SOMETHING!
DOG: Yes, but– What can we do, specifically?
PANEL 5
A closer shot of the cat as she concentrates, a hand on her chin.
CAT: Well, we can… I mean, could we… Maybe if we…
CAT: Um…
PANEL 6
A distant shot from behind the two of them, so we are seeing them, and beyond them, the orange glowing horizon. The cat slumps a bit, looking at the ground.
CAT: Well… Fuck.
DOG: That sums it up.
