First referenced in “Peanuts” in 1961, she was based on Donna Johnson from Minneapolis. Take the mysterious Little Red-Haired Girl, the object of Charlie Brown’s unrequited affection, who is never seen in the comic strip. So it’s not surprising, as you wander through the “Drawn from Life” exhibit, to see comic strips that have Charlie Brown talking about Bodega Bay or show Snoopy heading to the World Wrist Wrestling Championship in Petaluma.īut even more prominently featured in the strips on display are the identities of people Schulz knew, both in Sonoma County and Minnesota. He moved to Sonoma County in 1958 and lived in Sebastopol before moving to Santa Rosa, where he died in 2000, after writing and drawing the “Peanuts” comic strip for nearly 50 years. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Nov. “He was present in all of his characters, but he also was influenced by the people around him, so this exhibit takes a look at that.” “As we lead into the Schulz centennial in 2022, we’re getting to know him better through all of his characters,” Clark said. The museum also celebrates its 20th anniversary next year. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, “Drawn from Life: The People and Places of ‘Peanuts,’” running through mid-March next year.īenjamin Clark, the museum’s curator, sees the show as an important prelude to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Schulz next year. The same could be said of the current exhibit at the Charles M. “I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before,” the song continues. 2011.“There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed,” the Beatles sang at the beginning of “In My Life.” “Peppermint Patty’s Schooldays – Clip.” YouTube. I find this accusation ludicrous and I do not believe that was Schultz’s purpose for using this concept. There are some people that believe that Peppermint Patty and Marcie have a lesbian relationship with each other and that is why she is called “Sir.” There have been several parodies of this belief in other cartoon comics such as The Simpsons. This helps to bridge the gap between “Tomboys” and “Girly-Girls.” It shows that girls can be intimidating and play sports just as boys can. Peppermint Patty was one of the very first comic strip characters of that time to be portrayed in a “Tomboyish” manner. The second effect of this concept is to show the world that not all women have to be feminine. This helps to add humor to the character and gives the two best friends something to fight about. In the following link, you can see that Marcie calls Peppermint Patty “Sir” numerous times in the short clip. The humor is more evident in the film versions of the cartoon than in the comic strip. The use of solecismus in Peanuts serves two functions the first one being to add humor to the characters of Peppermint Patty and Marcie.
It may also be that Marcie looks up to Peppermint Patty and sees her as an authority figure or Marcie feeling intimidated by Peppermint Patty. It may be due to the fact that Peppermint Patty is portrayed as a “Tomboy” or “Hippie” because she is always participating in sporting events, is always dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, and is never seen without sandals on as opposed to the other female Peanuts characters that are always wearing dresses and doing more feminine things. It is obvious that Peppermint Patty is indeed a female but Marcie still continues to call her sir. The reason for the Marcie’s ignorance, even after Peppermint Patty saying “Stop calling me Sir!” over and over is somewhat unclear. In the beginning, Peppermint Patty is extremely annoyed by Marcie calling her “Sir” but she eventually learns to accept it as the cartoon and short films continue throughout the years.
The comic strip above illustrates the use of the rhetorical device of solecismus with the ignorant misuse of gender toward Peppermint Patty- sir instead of ma’am- by Marcie. This may or may not be the reason that her pal Marcie continuously calls her “Sir” instead of “Ma’am” throughout their entire Peanuts career.
Patty’s best friend Marcie, or as she most often refers to her, “My dorky friend from camp”, was first introduced to the comic strip in 1968 and immediately calls her “Sir.” Peppermint Patty was Marcie’s tent monitor at summer camp and is believed to have come off in an intimidating way toward the other campers. The character “Peppermint Patty” was first introduced into the comic strip in 1966 and later in the short film, You’re in Love, Charlie Brown, in 1973. Charles Schultz developed and wrote the cartoon comic strip Peanuts from 1950-2000.
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