Self-Parody: The New Yorker Succumbs to Romantic Melodrama
Posted: February 3, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, comedy, Crying, Donald Trump, John W. Tomac, Melodrama, Muslim world, New York, New York City, President of the United States, The New Yorker, White House Leave a comment
“Under more ordinary circumstances, the cover of our Anniversary Issue—marking 92 years—would feature some version of the monocled dandy Eustace Tilley.
This year, as a response to the opening weeks of the Trump Administration, particularly the executive order on immigration, we feature John W. Tomac’s dark, unwelcoming image, ‘Liberty’s Flameout.’”
Source: The New Yorker
New Yorker editorial staff meeting
