The “little red riding hood” themed cartoon I chose was created by Mark Parisi and can be found on www.offthemark.com. This little red riding hood depiction is defiantly a social cartoon. It is kind of a modern illustration of the classic fairy tale story. In the cartoon little red riding hood is talking to the wolf through instant messaging. My interpretation of it relates to how nowadays people have conformed to technology and have become rather dependent, especially socially. This cartoon still retains the same vibe of the original tale and alters a well known line from the classic story. Instead of writing “what big ears you have” or “what big teeth you have” the modern adaptation replaces it with “big typos”. Additionally this cartoon can be interpreted as an image of how technology has taken over the world of entertainment through its popularity over classic literature and methods of communication. Overall I think this cartoon is pretty funny and is successful at relating it to our modern time period. What really stood out and captured my attention was the phrase “the classics, updated”. Showing how many works of art from the past have been transformed and altered to conform to modern societal desires.
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