interpretation |inˌtərprəˈtāSH(ə)n|
nounthe action of explaining the meaning of something: the interpretation of data.• an explanation or way of explaining: this action is open to a number of interpretations.• a stylistic representation of a creative work or dramatic role: two differing interpretations, both bearing the distinctive hallmarks of each writer'sperspective.
Interpretation, like translation, requires the ability to recognize the context in which a statement was made. This week, the Sunday Funnies interprets and reinterprets familiar expressions, titles, and song lyrics within the context of today's political and social climate.
1. How Sweet It Is
Choosing words with multiple meanings to transform a negative into a positive is a favorite tactic of those who say they're making America great again.
2. A Stake In The Game
Homonyms can provide handy distractions when one is out on a limb.
3. Great Expectations
Last summer in Cleveland, the GOP decided that a guy who is very good at shoveling shit would make a great president.
4. To Russia With Love
Attorney General Jeff Sessions channels Washington…Sergei Washington.
5. Make America Great Again
This is what happens when the inmates are put in charge of the asylum.
6. A Little Bird Told Me
You don't need to be an ornithologist to identify this type of bird.
7. Whistle While You Work
OK. This one is a bit of a stretch. I'm grumpy. I get that way when I see what the orange menace in the White House and his toadies in Congress are doing to my country.
8. Second Opinion
Of course it's true. I found it on the internet.
9. Cause and Effect
This explanation of how we wound up what a con man in the White House is as valid as any I've seen from the talking heads on TV.
10. Truth Be Told
History requires a world of time and bitter hard work when your "education" is no further advanced than the cat's; when you are merely stuffing yourself with a mixed-up mess of empty names and random incidents and elusive dates; which no one teaches you how to interpret, and which, uninterpreted, pay you not a farthing's value for your waste of time.
–Mark Twain in Following the Equator
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