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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.76,0:00:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 24 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.56,0:00:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was brought to the New Yorker
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.36,0:00:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as art editor
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.48,0:00:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rejuvenate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.04,0:00:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what had by then become\Na somewhat staid institution,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.08,0:00:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to bring in new artists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.60,0:00:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to try to bring the magazine\Nfrom its ivory tower
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.32,0:00:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into engaging with its time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.68,0:00:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was just\Nthe right thing for me to do
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.40,0:00:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've always been captivated\Nby how an image can --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.04,0:00:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a simple drawing --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.76,0:00:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can cut through the torrent of images\Nthat we see every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.52,0:00:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it can capture a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it can crystallize\Na social trend or a complex event
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.24,0:00:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that a lot of words\Nwouldn't be able to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.44,0:00:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduce it to its essence\Nand turn it into a cartoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the library
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.60,0:01:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I looked at the first cover\Ndrawn by Rea Irvin in 1925 --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.56,0:01:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dandy looking at a butterfly\Nthrough his monocle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.76,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we call it Eustace Tilley.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.08,0:01:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that\Nas the magazine had become known
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.12,0:01:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for its in-depth research\Nand long reports,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.60,0:01:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the humor\Nhad gotten lost along the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.56,0:01:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now often Eustace Tilley\Nwas seen as a haughty dandy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.48,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact, in 1925,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.60,0:01:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Rea Irvin first drew this image,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.04,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did it as part of a humor magazine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.84,0:01:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to amuse the youth of the era,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.08,0:01:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the flappers\Nof the roaring twenties.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.08,0:01:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the library,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.36,0:01:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found the images\Nthat really captured the zeitgeist
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.32,0:01:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Great Depression.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.76,0:01:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it showed us\Nnot just how people dressed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.20,0:01:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what the cars looked like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.76,0:02:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also what made them laugh,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.04,0:02:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what their prejudices were,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.36,0:02:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you really got a sense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.96,0:02:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what it felt like\Nto be alive in the '30s.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.96,0:02:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I called on contemporary artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.36,0:02:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Adrian Tomine here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.60,0:02:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often call on narrative artists --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.76,0:02:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cartoonists, children's book authors --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.44,0:02:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I give them themes such as,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what it's like\Nto be in the subway,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Valentine's Day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.40,0:02:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they send me sketches.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.80,0:02:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once the sketches\Nare approved by the editor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.72,0:02:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Remnick,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.24,0:02:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.36,0:02:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love the way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.36,0:02:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those images are actually\Nnot telling you what to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.64,0:02:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they do make you think,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.88,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the artist is actually --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost a puzzle;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.20,0:02:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the artist is drawing the dots,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.72,0:03:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you, the reader,\Nhave to complete the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.44,0:03:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to get this image\Non the left by Anita Kunz,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.84,0:03:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the one on right by Tomer Hanuka,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.92,0:03:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to play spot the differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.08,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is something that ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.72,0:03:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really exciting to see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the engagement with the reader ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.52,0:03:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how those images really capture --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play with the stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.04,0:03:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you get it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.44,0:03:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it rearranges the stereotypes\Nthat are in your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.56,0:03:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the images don't\Njust have to show people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.88,0:03:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes it can be a feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.24,0:03:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right after September 11,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.12,0:03:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at a point,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everybody else,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.04,0:03:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I really didn't know how to deal\Nwith what we were going through,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:04:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt that no image\Ncould capture this moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.72,0:04:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to just do a black cover,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.24,0:04:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like no cover.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.96,0:04:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I talked to my husband,\Ncartoonist Art Spiegelman,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.68,0:04:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mentioned to him\Nthat I was going to propose that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.56,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Oh, if you're\Ngoing to do a black cover,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.16,0:04:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then why don't you do\Nthe silhouette of the Twin Towers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.20,0:04:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,black on black?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.76,0:04:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sat down to draw this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.32,0:04:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as I saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.92,0:04:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shiver ran down my spine
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.48,0:04:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.64,0:04:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in this refusal to make an image,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.32,0:04:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had found a way to capture loss
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.36,0:04:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mourning,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.88,0:04:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and absence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.88,0:04:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's been a profound thing\Nthat I learned in the process --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.28,0:04:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes some of the images\Nthat say the most
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.24,0:04:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do it with the most spare means.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.88,0:04:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a simple image can speak volumes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.48,0:05:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the image\Nthat we published by Bob Staake
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.76,0:05:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right after the election of Barack Obama,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.04,0:05:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and captured a historic moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.32,0:05:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can't really plan for this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.56,0:05:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in order to do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.96,0:05:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to let the artist\Nexperience the emotions that we all feel
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.32,0:05:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when that is happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.32,0:05:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So back in November 2016,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.16,0:05:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the election last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.96,0:05:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only image that we\Ncould publish was this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.12,0:05:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was on the stand\Non the week that everybody voted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.08,0:05:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.44,0:05:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we knew\Nsomebody would feel this --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.92,0:05:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.16,0:05:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the result of the election\Nwas announced.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.36,0:05:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we found out the result,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.60,0:05:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really were at a loss,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.48,0:05:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the image\Nthat was sent by Bob Staake again,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.52,0:06:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that really hit a chord.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.28,0:06:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.56,0:06:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't really figure out\Nwhat's going to come next,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.04,0:06:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here it felt like we didn't\Nknow how to move forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.76,0:06:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we did move forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.24,0:06:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the image that we published\Nafter Donald Trump's election
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.48,0:06:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the time of the Women's March
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.92,0:06:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.12,0:06:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over those 24 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.00,0:06:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen over 1,000 images\Ncome to life week after week,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.80,0:06:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm often asked\Nwhich one is my favorite,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.40,0:06:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I can't pick one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.28,0:06:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what I'm most proud of\Nis how different every image is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.24,0:06:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one from the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.48,0:06:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's due to the talent\Nand the diversity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.96,0:06:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all of the artists that contribute.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.60,0:06:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.40,0:06:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, we're owned by Russia,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.28,0:06:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.52,0:06:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.76,0:07:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a rendering by Barry Blitt here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.48,0:07:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eustace has become\NEustace Vladimirovich Tilley.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.72,0:07:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the butterfly is none other\Nthan a flabbergasted Donald Trump
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.84,0:07:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flapping his wings,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.08,0:07:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to figure out\Nhow to control the butterfly effect,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.16,0:07:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the famed logo\Nthat was drawn by Rae Irvin in 1925
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.76,0:07:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now in Cyrillic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.92,0:07:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what makes me really excited\Nabout this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.20,0:07:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the way that ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.00,0:07:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, free press\Nis essential to our democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.76,0:07:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see from\Nthe sublime to the ridiculous
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.44,0:07:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that artists can capture what is going on
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.88,0:07:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that an artist
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.52,0:07:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,armed with just India ink and watercolor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.68,0:07:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can capture and enter\Ninto the cultural dialogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.68,0:08:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It puts those artists\Nat the center of that culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.68,0:08:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's exactly\Nwhere I think they should be,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.52,0:08:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the main thing we need\Nright now is a good cartoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.40,0:08:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.64,0:08:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)