Thursday's Talking Points

• Yesterday's New York Post printed the following editorial cartoon:
  
  Technically, this cartoon is a topical reaction to the escape of a deranged chimp, but no matter how you slice it the cartoon clearly shows two (white) policemen shooting a primate whom they identify with Barack Obama. Considering that the depiction of Africans as monkeys or primates is more or less the oldest trick in the Racist Book, it's hard to view this as acceptable in any sense. For reference, here's what the AP has to say about the cartoonist:
  

  
  It is not the first time that Delonas, the longtime cartoonist for the Post's Page Six, has raised eyebrows with a heavy-handed caricature.
  
  An earlier Delonas cartoon made fun of Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather Mills for having only one leg, and another compared gay people seeking marriage licenses to sheep lovers. In a cartoon last month, an enormous Jessica Simpson dumps boyfriend Tony Romo for Ronald McDonald.
  

  
  


• The Mabou Mines Ibsen adaptation DollHouse is currently playing in NYC after a world tour. The female roles are played by normal-sized women, and the male roles are filled by little people. New York Magazine calls it "an avant-garde gimick that works on almost every level."


• Speaking of things that are little, Mickey Rourke's Chihuahua, Loki, passed away Tuesday. Looks like she's not getting a callback for Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2! (Too soon?)