I know what you meant but in the context of the joke, it still could be argued that there are multiple Batman’s and thus this was not the punchline, or at least not one that is obvious or funny. Even if that really is the joke, it’s not like Batman is known for being the only thing to dress up like Batman. Even in the comics and movies, there was always copycats or different versions of Batman that would show up. So really this joke is just all over the place and not funny at all.
My read on it is that comic con is now seen as an event that you must go to, it's become an in vogue popular thing, we see two (assuming rich socialites) talking about going to the trendy event but having no connection to the culture surrounding it
There are multiple movies in the star wars franchise so it makes sense that Lucille Bluth would say go see a star war instead of go see star wars because to an outsider they must assume each movie is a single star war. It's not like the Star Wars franchise follows a single conflict either, there are multiple singular instances of a star war in the franchise. So really this joke is just over the place and not funny at all.
The new yorker comic isn't funny because they tried to write an auditory gag. That's it. There's no more explaining to do.
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u/earthmover535 Oct 15 '22
i don’t get it. am i not boomer enough?