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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 24 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was brought to the New Yorker\Nas Art Editor to rejuvinate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what had by then become\Na somewhat stayed institution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to bring in new artists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to try to bring the magazine\Nfrom its ivory tower
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into engaging with its time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was just the right\Nthing for me to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've always been captivated\Nby how an image can --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simple drawing --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can cut through the torrent of images\Nthat we see every single day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it can capture a moment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it can crystallize a social event\Nor a complex event
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that a lot of words\Nwouldn't be able to do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduce it to its essence\Nand turn it into a cartoon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the library
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I looked at the first cover\Ndrawn by Ray Irvin in 1925 --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dandy looking at a butterfly\Nwith his monocle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we call it, "Used to ... "
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that as the magazine\Nhad become known for its well --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in-depth research and long reports,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the humor had gotten\Nlost along the way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now often [...]\Nwas seen as hoity dandy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1925,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Ray Irvin first drew this image,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did it as part of the humor magazine\Nto amuse the use of the era,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the flappers\Nof the roaring '20s.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the library I found the images\Nthat really captured the zeitgeist
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Great Depression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it showed us not just\Nhow people dressed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what the cars looked like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also what made them laugh,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what their prejudices were,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you really got a sense of what\Nit felt like to be alive in the '30s.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I called on contemporary artists\Nsuch as Adriane .....
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often call on narrative artists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cartoonists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children's book authors,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I give them themes such as,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what it's like\Nto be in the subway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Valentine's Day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they send me sketches.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the sketches are approved\Nby the editor David Remnick,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the way those images are actually\Nnot telling you what to think,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they do make you think,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the artist is actually --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost a puzzle --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the artist is drawing the dots,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you the reader\Nhave to complete the picture.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to get this image on the left\Nby Anita Kuntz,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the one on right by Tomar Atica,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to play spot the differences,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is something that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really exciting to see\Nhow the engagement with the reader
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how those images really capture --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play with the stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when you get it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it rearranges the stereotypes\Nthat are in your head.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The images don't just have to show people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it can be a feeling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right after September 11th,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at a point --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everybody else,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I really didn't know how\Nto deal with what we were going though,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt that no image could\Ncapture this moment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to just do a black cover,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like no cover.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I talked to my husband,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cartoonist Art Spiegelman,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I mentioned to him\Nthat I was going to propose that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "If you're going\Nto do a black cover,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then why don't you do a silhouette\Nof the Twin Towers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black on black?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sat down to draw this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as I saw it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shiver ran down my spine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized that in this refusal\Nto make an image,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had found a way to capture loss
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mourning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a profound thing\Nthat I learned in the process --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes some of the images\Nthat say the most
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do it with the most spare means.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a simple image can speak volumes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the image\Nthat we published by Bob Stack
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right after the election of Barack Obama,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and captured an historic moment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can't really plan for this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in order to do this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to let the artist experience\Nthe emotions that we all feel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when that is happening.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So back in November 2016,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the election last year,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only image that we\Ncould publish was this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was on the stand on the week\Nthat everybody voted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we knew somebody would feel this --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laugther)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the result of the election\Nwas announced.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we found out the result,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really were at a loss,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the image that was sent\Nby Bob Stack again,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that really hit a chord.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't really figure out what's\Ngoing to come next,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here it felt like we didn't\Nknow how to move forward,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we did move forward,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the image that we published\Nafter Donald Trump's election,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the time of the Women's March
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the US.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over those 24 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen over 1,000 images\Ncome to life week after week,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm often asked which\Non is my favorite,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't pick one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I'm most proud of\Nis how different every image is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one from the other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's due to the talent\Nand the diversity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all of the artists that contribute.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, we're owned by Russia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a rendering by Barry Blitt here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eustis has become Eustis Vladmir ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the butterfly is nonother than\Na flabbergasted Donald Trump
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flapping his wings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure out how to control\Nthe butterfly effect,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the famed logo that was drawn\Nby Ray Irving in 1925
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not in syrillic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what makes me really excited\Nabout this moment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the way that a free press\Nis essential to our democracy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see from\Nthe sublime to the ridiculous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that artists can capture what is going on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that an artist armed with just\Nindia ink and watercolor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can capture and enter into\Nthe cultural dialogue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it puts those artsits\Nat the center of that culture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's exactly where\NI think they should be,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the main thing we need\Nright now is a good cartoon.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)