What most people don't know about love, sex, and relations with other human beings would fill a book. Strangers in Paradise is that book. I have long suspected that what people did in private was much funnier than it ever was erotic. Terry Moore obviously thinks so too. Strangers in Paradise is a delightful new comic, and Terry Moore is a fun writer and a fine cartoonist.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker praises a comic for revealing the funny and unknown aspects of human relations.
- In plain terms
- People do funny private things and this comic shows them well.
- What can you take from it?
- Private life often holds more humor than romance.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do people hide about relationships?
- How does art reveal private truths?
Another view
Private life is not always funny.
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