So here neither the background, nor the character, nor the font have anything to do with Egypt, and you could replace “Egypt” with “New Jersey” and have it make as much sense. Also a good case of “show don’t tell” in that nothing about the imagery says “wild and crazy”. Show me, say, a wild Nubian party on a reed boat with somebody wrestling a crocodile and an Egyptian shockingly turning to face a direction other than sideways!
Mostly just the latter.
Not pictured: Shadows, Egyptians, Wildness, Craziness.
“Mom! Can I borrow that old picture of Nana?”
“I can’t find the good picture, dear. Will this out-of-focus one where she’s crossing her eye do?”
Oh, those wild and crazy guys! Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia!
And has a condo made of stone-a!
So here neither the background, nor the character, nor the font have anything to do with Egypt, and you could replace “Egypt” with “New Jersey” and have it make as much sense. Also a good case of “show don’t tell” in that nothing about the imagery says “wild and crazy”. Show me, say, a wild Nubian party on a reed boat with somebody wrestling a crocodile and an Egyptian shockingly turning to face a direction other than sideways!
well, non-profile Egyptians… š
Looks like they didn’t listen to the song.
Okay, I’ll admit that I’m now filled with the desire to write The Shadow World of Ancient New Jersey.ļ»æ
“But, if the title is ‘The Shadow World of ANCIENT EGYPT,’ shouldn’t it have–”
“NOOO!!!”