Aug. 13, 1990: Taking It For Granted TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990 Aug. 13, 1990 Iraq On The March
Time Magazine PEOPLE, Page 65 Taking It for Granted

By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole

Garry Trudeau is doing his part for performance art--and the result is making some newspaper editors nervous about the reaction to this week's Doonesbury strip. In his look at government funding and the kind of work that upsets political conservatives like Jesse Helms, Trudeau has his character J.J. wear nothing but a hank of rope and a bucket over her head. And listen to this, Jesse. She pours out words like "ooze," "hot juices" and "lubricate."