"They send one to jail to intimidate millions"
Siri Dokken, January 22, 2021. Cartoons are inconsequential, what do they change anyway? - is a statement we see constantly popping up in the research on satire, which is finally gaining track. The statement tends to end with the like of "the burden of proof must lie on those who disagree" (see e.g. Paul Lewis ed ., 2008). That was a convenient proclamation and a lazy one academically speaking easing themselves out of an argumentation. Besides "I am right! Full stop!" belongs to the domain of autocrats, which happens to be one of the protagonists in Siri Dokken's cartoon above. How much can be understood from one image? What about the nuances such as the social and political implications of the situation drawn? Let's make it one better and add the notion of bravery and moral obligation too in that everything is inherent in the composition before us. Siri Dokken has even restricted her visuals to a silent shadow theatre in which the impossible is taking p...
