1. How did everybody suddenly become an expert on French visual satire?
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2, Not to brag but in 2013 I wrote a biography of
@FrancoiseMouly that tangentially discusses Charlie Hebdo: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Art-Fran%C3%A7oise-Adventures-Spiegelman/dp/1552452786 …1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes -
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3. Prior to the killings earlier this year, maybe 1 person out of every 1,000 in North America had any inkling about Charlie Hebdo.
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4. The two North Americans I know who had the best knowledge of Hebdo prior to the attacks are
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5. As it happens, although they come down on slightly different sides, Francoise & Art also have the most nuanced take on Hebdo.
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6.My own take on all this is very close to Francoise's, as articulated here:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/05/05/charlie-hebdos-pen-award-top-cartoonists-endorse-saluting-magazines-courage/ …
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7. As Francoise says, Charlie Hebdo is hugely important historically (as outgrowth of 1968) even if much of the satire is unfunny & queasy
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8. On the other side,
@artgoldhammer has a smart, deeply informed critique of Hebdo-style satire:http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/5/pen-america-charlie-hebdo-and-the-virtue-of-self-restraint.html …7 replies 10 retweets 18 likes -
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9. I don't agree with Art's conclusions but he's worth reading (as always) because he actually, you know, knows what he's talking about
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@idontlikemunday Well, I think comics that had one intent/message in one context can change when viewed elsewhere. That's worth knowing.
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