“Delightfully off-kilter, truly strange humor of many kinds: witty cartoons, 20th century tall tales, frustration with human relationships of all kinds converted into subversive humor, odd little morality fables, and self-deprecating biographical sketches.
It's only genius that makes this humor hold up even this much (humor of most kinds just doesn't last), but it is starting to show its age. Thurber's portrayal of race is outdated and offensive, and his attitudes toward women are well, unhealthy on the whole. But then I'm not sure Thurber would have ever wanted to be anybody's icon for good social behavior.
It's still entertaining, still edgy, but I suspect losing some of its original oomph.”
