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Maddow Puts Voices to DADT Comic Book


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The Rachel Maddow Show provided voice-overs to make sense of the 2001 comic book published by the U.S. Army to help implement the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

Comic book site Comics With Problems has exhibited the book, which aimed to train service members about the policy. Maddow explains more with her installment of "comic book voice-over theater."

Watch the segment.

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  • Name: Michael Hansen
    Date posted: 7/16/2010 8:27:11 PM
    Hometown: Miami,Fl.

    Comment:

    I am so sick of this country I have met the man I will spend the rest of my life with but there is one problem, He lives in the Philippines. I have no way of bringing him here as we have been turned down for a student visa. I am planning on moving over there by the end of the year. I will never forgive this right wing biggoted bible thumping country for treating me an American citizen like I don't exzist. Gay people need to do what black people did 40 years ago and stop allowing ourselves to be second class citizens anymore. There is no seperation of church and state and religion is the main reason why this is such a backwards country.

  • Name: EndChristofascismNow
    Date posted: 7/16/2010 2:19:24 AM
    Hometown: Earth

    Comment:

    This comic book is screaming: We the generals think our soldiers are retarded.

  • Name: mike
    Date posted: 7/15/2010 8:55:18 PM
    Hometown: cincinnati

    Comment:

    When is someone going to find out who wrote the questions for the DADT survey? I think that we need to know what kinds of individuals composed the questions. Are they religious homophobes? What was the criteria? This shouldn't be too difficult since the company is Westat in Rockville, Maryland.

  • Name: Alison
    Date posted: 7/15/2010 1:20:39 PM
    Hometown: Atlanta

    Comment:

    I agree with Mike, a visual format makes this material much more engaging. Some people absorb information better with a visual and with characters, its just one of many ways to get a point across. I'm sure this isnt the only format that DADT was explained. Personally I would prefer this to a stack of papers explaining the policy.

  • Name: Deke Duck
    Date posted: 7/15/2010 12:45:01 PM
    Hometown: HiNoVille JP

    Comment:

    "Resorting to comic books"?? North Americans certainly have a low opinion of that media, unlike Asians, for example. In any case, with such stultifying text, I don't see how else anyone could get through those paragraphs without some graphic assistance. Speaking of which the artwork is atrocious, again showing how little respect Americans pay to this media, which can be very powerful when dealt with effectively. The voiceover (especially male actors) made it pretty interesting though. But it just proves, Americans would rather listen to something than read something!

  • Name: Timothy Hulsey
    Date posted: 7/15/2010 12:27:44 PM
    Hometown: Charlottesville, VA

    Comment:

    Apparently the comic book was never distributed.

  • Name: Mike
    Date posted: 7/15/2010 11:49:23 AM
    Hometown: San Jose

    Comment:

    As a lifelong comic collector and someone who works with Librarians and English teachers to use graphic novels to enrich their offerings I have to ask - don't bash comics and the medium. This isn't a very good one, but it's not "insulting" to offer a visual format for this.

  • Name: Randy
    Date posted: 7/15/2010 11:22:53 AM
    Hometown: Long Beach, CA

    Comment:

    Does the military have such a low opinion of our troops ability to deal with LGBT issues that they have to resort to a comic book to impart information? Pretty insulting to the men and women in the armed forces I say.



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