Saturday, 30 October 2010

Paper Girl 3/5

Tina: I heard a girl in the canteen saying how much she liked your cartoon

Alvin: A girl? Are you sure?

Tina: Maybe she’ll write in

Alvin: No need. Five people already did.

Tina: Wow, so you can do another issue?

Alvin: Guess so

Tina: What’s wrong?

Alvin: I looked at it again this morning, and everything that seemed clever and funny last week just seems dull and ordinary now

Tina: Well, all jokes get old

Alvin: Maybe the jokes are the problem then. Comedies don’t win Oscars.

Tina: Sometimes they do

Alvin: But not often. Not in the main categories.

Tina: So you’re trying to win an Oscar now?

Alvin: It’s the principle. I ought to be pushing boundaries. Challenging people, not just giving them what they want.

Tina: Where would we be if Santa took that advice?

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