[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.01,0:00:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 24 years ago, Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.84,0:00:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was brought to the New\NYorker as art editor Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.89,0:00:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rejuvenate Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.38,0:00:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what had by then become\Na somewhat staid institution, Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.24,0:00:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to bring in new artists Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.79,0:00:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to try to bring the magazine\Nfrom its ivory tower Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.64,0:00:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into engaging with its time. Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.96,0:00:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was just the right\Nthing for me to do Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.66,0:00:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've always been captivated\Nby how an image can -- Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.41,0:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simple drawing -- Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.97,0:00:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can cut through the torrent of images\Nthat we see every single day. Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.71,0:00:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it can capture a moment, Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.25,0:00:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it can crystallize a social trend\Nor a complex event Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.55,0:00:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that a lot of words\Nwouldn't be able to do, Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.67,0:00:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduce it to its essence\Nand turn it into a cartoon. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.06,0:00:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the library, Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.91,0:01:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I looked at the first cover\Ndrawn by Rea Irvin in 1925 -- Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.85,0:01:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dandy looking at a butterfly\Nthrough his monocle, Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.14,0:01:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we call it, Eustace Tilley. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.49,0:01:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that as the magazine\Nhad become known for its, [well] -- Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.37,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in-depth research and long reports, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the humor had gotten\Nlost along the way, Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.84,0:01:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now, often Eustace Tilley\Nwas seen as a haughty dandy, Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.81,0:01:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact, Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.81,0:01:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1925, Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.83,0:01:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Rea Irvin first drew this image, Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.35,0:01:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did it as part of a humor magazine\N Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.13,0:01:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to amuse the youth of the era, Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.52,0:01:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the flappers\Nof the roaring '20s. Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.41,0:01:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the library, Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.77,0:01:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found the images that really\Ncaptured the zeitgeist Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.46,0:01:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Great Depression. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.87,0:01:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it showed us not just\Nhow people dressed Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.40,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what the cars looked like, Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.97,0:02:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also what made them laugh, Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.27,0:02:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what their prejudices were, Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.62,0:02:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you really got a sense of what\Nit felt like to be alive in the '30s. Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.13,0:02:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I called on contemporary artists, Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.67,0:02:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Adrian Tomine here. Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.71,0:02:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often call on narrative artists -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.15,0:02:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cartoonists, Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.15,0:02:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children's book authors -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.74,0:02:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I give them themes such as, Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.09,0:02:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what it's like\Nto be in the subway, Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.42,0:02:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Valentine's Day, Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.53,0:02:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they send me sketches. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.06,0:02:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the sketches\Nare approved by the editor, Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.06,0:02:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Remnick, Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.34,0:02:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a go. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.66,0:02:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the way those images Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.08,0:02:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are actually not telling\Nyou what to think. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.88,0:02:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they do make you think, Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.32,0:02:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the artist is actually -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.12,0:02:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost a puzzle; Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.32,0:02:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the artist is drawing the dots, Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.99,0:03:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you, the reader,\Nhave to complete the picture. Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.69,0:03:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to get this image\Non the left by Anita Kunz, Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.17,0:03:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the one on right by Tomer Hanuka, Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.17,0:03:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to play spot the differences. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.43,0:03:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is something that ... Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really exciting to see Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.80,0:03:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the engagement with the reader ... Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.12,0:03:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how those images really capture -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play with the stereotypes. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.24,0:03:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you get it, Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.77,0:03:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it rearranges the stereotypes\Nthat are in your head. Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.88,0:03:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the images don't\Njust have to show people, Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.16,0:03:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it can be a feeling. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.49,0:03:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right after September 11, Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.41,0:03:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at a point, Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.13,0:03:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everybody else, Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.31,0:03:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I really didn't know how to deal\Nwith what we were going through, Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.53,0:04:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt that no image\Ncould capture this moment, Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.04,0:04:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to just do a black cover, Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.51,0:04:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like no cover. Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.20,0:04:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked to my husband, Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.67,0:04:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cartoonist Art Spiegelman, Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.96,0:04:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mentioned to him\Nthat I was going to propose that, Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.85,0:04:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Oh, if you're\Ngoing to do a black cover, Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.47,0:04:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then why don't you do\Nthe silhouette of the Twin Towers, Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black on black?" Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.96,0:04:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat down to draw this, Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.57,0:04:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as I saw it, Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.12,0:04:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shiver ran down my spine Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.71,0:04:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized\N Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.100,0:04:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in this refusal to make an image, Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.58,0:04:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had found a way to capture loss, Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.54,0:04:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mourning, Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.18,0:04:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absence. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.16,0:04:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a profound thing\Nthat I learned in the process -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.57,0:04:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes some of the images\Nthat say the most Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.53,0:04:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do it with the most spare means. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.79,0:04:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a simple image can speak volumes. Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.90,0:05:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the image\Nthat we published by Bob Staake Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.11,0:05:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right after the election of Barack Obama, Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.34,0:05:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and captured an historic moment. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.60,0:05:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can't really plan for this, Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.70,0:05:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in order to do this, Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.12,0:05:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to let the artist experience\Nthe emotions that we all feel Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.62,0:05:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when that is happening. Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.61,0:05:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So back in November 2016, Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.38,0:05:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the election last year, Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.19,0:05:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only image that we\Ncould publish was this, Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.34,0:05:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was on the stand on the week\Nthat everybody voted. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.06,0:05:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.71,0:05:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we knew somebody\Nwould feel this -- Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.95,0:05:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laugther) Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.36,0:05:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the result of the election\Nwas announced. Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.70,0:05:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we found out the result, Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.93,0:05:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really were at a loss, Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.80,0:05:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the image that was sent\Nby Bob Staake again, Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.13,0:06:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that really hit a chord. Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.55,0:06:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.87,0:06:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't really figure out\Nwhat's going to come next, Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.14,0:06:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here it felt like we didn't\Nknow how to move forward, Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.92,0:06:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we did move forward, Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.57,0:06:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the image that we published\Nafter Donald Trump's election, Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.76,0:06:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the time of the Women's March Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.15,0:06:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the US. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.45,0:06:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over those 24 years, Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.29,0:06:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen over 1,000 images\Ncome to life week after week, Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.99,0:06:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm often asked\Nwhich one is my favorite, Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.49,0:06:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't pick one Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.62,0:06:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I'm most proud of\Nis how different every image is, Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.49,0:06:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one from the other. Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.52,0:06:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's due to the talent\Nand the diversity Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.24,0:06:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all of the artists that contribute. Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.73,0:06:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.81,0:06:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.81,0:06:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, we're owned by Russia, Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.58,0:06:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.60,0:06:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.72,0:07:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a rendering by Barry Blitt here, Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.72,0:07:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eustace has become\NEustace Vladimirovich Tilley. Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.66,0:07:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The butterfly is none other than\Na flabbergasted Donald Trump Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.04,0:07:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flapping his wings, Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.38,0:07:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure out how\Nto control the butterfly effect, Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.39,0:07:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the famed logo that was\Ndrawn by Rae Irvin in 1925 Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.98,0:07:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now in Cyrillic. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.31,0:07:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what makes me really excited\Nabout this moment Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.45,0:07:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the way that ... Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.31,0:07:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a free press is essential\Nto our democracy. Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.15,0:07:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see from\Nthe sublime to the ridiculous Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.68,0:07:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that artists can capture\Nwhat is going on -- Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.22,0:07:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that an artist armed\Nwith just India ink and watercolor Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.100,0:07:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can capture and enter into\Nthe cultural dialogue. Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.00,0:08:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It puts those artists\Nat the center of that culture, Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.98,0:08:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's exactly where\NI think they should be, Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.86,0:08:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the main thing we need\Nright now is a good cartoon. Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.57,0:08:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.78,0:08:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)