Another Meeting with Thania (5th overall)

      Thania and I were unable to meet again before the break, so we got together for lunch today (Monday). Again we met at the lovely Market Square, but this time Thania came prepared for the topic of our conversation: humor. Thania brought me several of her favorite jokes from Latin America. She said a lot of the humor was probably too obscene to discuss, so instead she brought political cartoons by a particular artist. They feature a character named Mafalda. Here is an example below.

Luckily, I'm working on a Spanish minor, so I was able to understand the jokes. This cartoon above shows this young girl named Mafalda eating soup. Inside the speech bubble it says that "The soup is to children what communism is to democracy!" As you can see, these cartoons often comment on social satire. They use the character of a young girl to make comments on politics or just society in itself. I was very glad Thania showed me these cartoons, and they seemed to be her favorite type of humor.
     Next, Thania wanted to discuss what we talk about in class regarding American humor. I let her know that we mostly discuss themes and read various examples of humor from different cultures. For example, we talked about all the Humor around the World projects and other readings we've discussed. She was always really intrigued and excited about everything. At this point, Thania had to go pick up her kids, so we said our goodbyes and planned on meeting later in the week!