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I usually enjoy Waylay, even when others are panning it, but I don't get this one.
"Unbeknownst to him, he had a twin brother ... now they'd never meet and share their common interests".
What are the chances that they would have met up even if circumstances had been significantly different? If, say, the neurotic brother was gregarious instead? The criminal brother would still be in jail, and unknown to his sibling.
Maybe the point is that self-imposed confinement is similar to involuntary confinement (and therefore constitutes a "common interest"), but if so the point is not well made.
And what's with the "never"? Do people serving "twenty years to life" always die in jail? Are there no such things as commuted sentences, or reprieves, or jailbreaks?
Am I over-analyzing what's supposed to be a simple cartoon? Is there something I'm missing?
It worked for me, at least. I don't expect Carol to have documentary precision.
Their common interest is crime, albeit from different perspectives. Both perspectives can result in loss of freedom, imagined, real, or both.
thanks for cheering us up. I'd write more, but I'm busy walling myself in right now.
If we ever meet at a party, remind me not to try to tell you any jokes! :D
