Reading Response #3 (Part 1)

3) Personally, I believe all of the cartoons are extremely successful due to the audience they are intended for. The cartoon that struck me to be the potentially most successful though, had to be Leo Cullum's, The Emergence of Language. This particular cartoon represents the stereotypical man-woman relationship. It is exactly how men are stereotyped to react when a female, especially a wife or girlfriend says, "we need to talk." The audience here would receive this cartoon well, because they have most likely experienced it themselves or understand the stereotype around this cartoon.
As for the cartoon that would be the least successful, I would say that it is William Hamilton's, Look, all I'm saying is... Out of all the other cartoons, this one was of the least interest to me. I was confused as to why one woman was speaking with so many different men. It did make me think of the stereotype however. Hamilton's cartoon is not as abundant in today's stereotypical world. Especially for the audience it is supposed to be displayed to.
The cartoons that either go more in-depth or display stereotypes that are much more well known seem to have an advantage over any other cartoons. The cartoonists have to be advantageous and play to their audience. In this way and only this way, the cartoon will have a greater success rate from all of its readers.