Satire+Reflection


 * After the many discussions of stereotypes and feminism we’ve had in class along with the experiences I myself have been through, I thought that The Inverse, a comic I made that would hopefully be made into a humorous skit, was an appropriate choice for this project. As a young man gets to the cusp of his teenage years, relations with the opposite sex is going to be a dominant factor in his life. Whether he be asking out a girl for the first time, or having his first kiss! But in today’s society it seems that these relationships have already been pre-defined. The boy asks the girl, he acts gentlemanly, and makes sure to gain acceptance from the girls parents. All those traits today are “a given” among young men and women. But what if this wasn’t the case, what if everything was backwards? **
 * My comic attempts to delve into the humor but also the seriousness of this possibility. It depicts your average date, but backwards! The role of the young teenage boy who’s trying to impress the girl of his dreams is no longer his! It falls under the burden of the young teenage girl! She now has the “responsibilities” of the male facilitator of your average date. These responsibilities include picking up, dropping off, and above all else...paying! All that is depicted in my comic is the opposite from “the given” attributes of today’s modern relationships. **
 * I believe that my satire project deserves 20/20 points. Although I thought that the idea was solid and I brought to light the events that take place during your average teenage date, the plotline of the date was somewhat shallow and could have been better improved. That in itself makes it unworthy of the 30 and 40 point possibilities. The humor of the whole situation being reversed could have been presented better as well, but due to the limiting factor of my lack of artistic ability, it seemed to lack in more detailed situations. But it did succeed in fulfilling the satire requirements, and maybe someday someone will delve deeper into what would happen if the roles of the male and female were reversed. **