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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.64,0:00:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Art21 "Extended Play"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.14,0:00:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm obviously a nervous guy\Nand I was writing a female character,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.48,0:00:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through her memory\Nand through her stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.88,0:00:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was sort of an experiment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.48,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to write from the standpoint of\Nsomebody who I'm not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.56,0:00:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is certainly fraught with peril.\N[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.46,0:00:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Chris Ware: Someone I'm Not"]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.50,0:00:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was in art school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.10,0:00:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told that I couldn't draw women.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.44,0:00:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That kind of cuts out\Na whole half of humanity right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.58,0:00:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I distinctly remember being told\Nby one of my teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.94,0:00:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you draw women,\Nyou're colonizing them with your eyes."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.62,0:00:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you not draw women and then
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.82,0:00:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain an allegiance to some sort of\Nexperience that only you have had?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.33,0:00:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do you try to expand your understanding\Nand your empathy for other human beings?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.82,0:01:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a white writer, how dare I begin to think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.62,0:01:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could write from the standpoint\Nof even another person.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.28,0:01:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm trying to do here is draw\Na gesture of a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.89,0:01:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slightly brushing hair away from her eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.89,0:01:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now it just looks more like\Nshe's got a headache.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.88,0:01:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joanne Cole acts strangely\Ntowards the younger woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.53,0:01:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's because she thinks it's possible
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.41,0:01:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she might be related to the younger woman
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.75,0:01:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she's lost in her own\Nmemories and thoughts--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.88,0:01:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's not clear to the reader yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.58,0:01:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm trying to balance\Na couple of emotions here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.56,0:01:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm trying to make it feel that it's authentic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.89,0:01:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just a bunch of nonsense--\Nor poorly acted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.16,0:01:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This particular character is an\NAfrican-American elementary school teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.03,0:01:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is teaching in a private school\Nin the 1960s and 70s.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.99,0:01:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully I'm attending to some of the complexities
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.92,0:01:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a kind of slightly unusual situation\Nmight have brought up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.67,0:02:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel very self-conscious about\Nwriting a story like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.38,0:02:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I doing the right thing?\NAm I doing the wrong thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.40,0:02:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it about empathy?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.78,0:02:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I introducing things I don't understand?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.37,0:02:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Et cetera.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.37,0:02:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a complicated question as a writer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[WARE]\N--Thank you for serving dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.96,0:02:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MARNIE WARE]\N--You're welcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.66,0:02:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHS]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.66,0:02:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CLARA WARE]\N--Plop!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.54,0:02:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CHRIS WARE]\N--Plop!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.58,0:02:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of my teachers were trying to get\Nmyself and my fellow students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.67,0:02:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find the one thing\Nthat we were interested in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.14,0:02:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then write about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.27,0:02:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never wanted to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.41,0:02:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be able write about everything--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.10,0:02:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anything--\Nbecause that's what life is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.12,0:02:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHING]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.46,0:02:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--I have no idea what I look like chewing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.32,0:02:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--but I bet I don't want to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.66,0:02:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's up to me as an artist to try to decide
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.24,0:02:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much can I try to feel\Nthrough another person
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.83,0:02:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still have it not be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.08,0:02:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sentimentalization or a falseness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.72,0:03:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to try to somehow push my limits\Nand my understanding of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.82,0:03:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how I feel through other people\Nin what I'm doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.28,0:03:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you risk falling on your face doing so,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.98,0:03:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's a risk you have to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.42,0:03:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What art is all about is\Ntrying to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.38,0:03:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the feelings that you're having\Nare the same as the feelings that I'm having.