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Quick! Get that fourth wall back up!

<!--QuoteBegin-GhostWay+Jun 9 2005, 11:04 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (GhostWay @ Jun 9 2005, 11:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Quick! Get that fourth wall back up! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Ah. Social commentary and a joke. What more could you want? ... A million dollars? <!--emo&--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Oh go cry me a river!<br><br>*ahem* Anyway: never! The fourth wall has been shattered!

How did she hear him in the previous strip then?

Hilarious! <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo-->

The Fourth Wall is being teared down faster than the Berlin one...but that's okay <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-NHJ BV+Jun 9 2005, 11:35 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (NHJ BV @ Jun 9 2005, 11:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The Fourth Wall is being teared down faster than the Berlin one...but that's okay <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Didn't the Berlin wall take around a decade to tear down?

<!--QuoteBegin-Bocaj Claw+Jun 9 2005, 03:27 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Bocaj Claw @ Jun 9 2005, 03:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> How did she hear him in the previous strip then? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Good question. Either (1) he was louder then, (2) his insulation was less complete in a way I can't see, or (3) Millie's can read lips as long as the monolog doesn't outlast her attention span.<br><br>Hm, I notice how the audience can read words from both sides of the bubble equally clearly.

<!--QuoteBegin-Bocaj Claw+Jun 9 2005, 03:27 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Bocaj Claw @ Jun 9 2005, 03:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> How did she hear him in the previous strip then? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Simple. Artistic license.<br><br>. . . And if that's not the cheapest explanation in existance, I don't know what is.

Fourth wall? What in the hell are you all blabbering aboot? <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Still, doesn't beat the two subtle breaks of the fourth wall in the second part of the stage adaptation of His Dark Materials.<br><br>Funny strip, though. Not sure what the old joke it's a variation of is, however.

<!--QuoteBegin-Rooster+Jun 9 2005, 04:36 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Rooster @ Jun 9 2005, 04:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Fourth wall? What in the hell are you all blabbering aboot? <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Think of a stage for a theatrical performance. Now, there are three walls on the stage: the back wall, and the two to the actor's left and right. The "fourth wall" is the imaginary wall between the stage and the audience. Essentially, it seperates the actors from the audience. "Breaking the fourth wall" means that an actor (or other character) addresses the audience directly, breaking the suspension of disbelief.<br><br>. . .That was a bit more verbose than I thought it would be, but hopefully it got the point across. Maybe wikipedia can <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall' target='_blank'>explain it better</a>.

<!--QuoteBegin-Bocaj Claw+Jun 9 2005, 03:27 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Bocaj Claw @ Jun 9 2005, 03:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> How did she hear him in the previous strip then? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>the simplest answer is she's lieing so she dosn' have to deal with that particular problem<br>

<!--QuoteBegin-Gizensha+Jun 9 2005, 04:38 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Gizensha @ Jun 9 2005, 04:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Funny strip, though. Not sure what the old joke it's a variation of is, however. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> "Sir, there's a banana in your ear."<br>"What?"<br>"There's a banana in your ear!"<br>"What?"<br>"THERE'S A BANANA IN YOUR EAR!"<br>"I'm sorry, I can't hear you. There's a banana in my ear."<br><br>...that, or George W. Bush's grasp of things that happen outside <i>his</i> little bubble. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-dcsimpson+Jun 9 2005, 02:08 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (dcsimpson @ Jun 9 2005, 02:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> ...that, or George W. Bush's grasp of things that happen outside <i>his</i> little bubble. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I can't hear you, we're fixing Ee-raq.