"In the Land of Wonderful Dreams" dated November 19, 1911
Transcript of Tweets by @LittleNemo1905 (APRIL 23, 2021):
This strip continues the recent trend of highlighting the contentious relationship between Doctor Pill and Flip. In fact, it acts as the central conflict/narrative of the entire supplement! - 1/9
That said, it also suffers as a result of it's visual & narrative stereotyping of First Nations/Indigenous peoples. - 2/9
The problematic elements of this strip's representation is predominantly evident in the dress of the character, the word used to identify the character, and in the character's unique abilities to navigate the dangerous waters. - 3/9
The visual, which constructs a caricaturized version of American Indigenous peoples traditional dress (feathers, braids, etc.) and the linguistic term used to describe the character strike me as the most obvious examples of this strip's racism. - 4/9
That said, the insinuation of the character's unique, almost mystical, connection with nature as the only one who can safely traverse the waters also smacks of stereotyping. - 5/9
I don't entirely understand Flip's insult directed at the Native character in the penultimate panel… unless it is a poor attempt to riff on the common stereotype of Indigenous names? - 6/9
In the end, though the dispute between DP and Flip does seem to be becoming more pronounced with each strip, there really isn't anything exceptional about this strip. - 7/9
Though, I suppose, the fact that Flip's boat survived an eleven thousand foot drop and didn't shatter into a gazillion pieces on contact could be considered exceptional… - 8/9
This is my reading of "In the Land of Wonderful Dreams" #314. What's yours? - 9/9
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