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2015美国电影《Very Semi-Serious》由Leah Wolchok导演,影片讲述的是:
This behindthescenes look at The New Yorker’s cartoons and cartoonists is just as smart and funny and filled with great cartoons as you’d hope Bob Mankoff the magazine’s cartoon editor is the ideal insider guide Filmmaker Leah Wolchok an obsessive participant in the magazine’s caption contests waited for years to secure his participation A selfdescribed ‘humorologist’ and creator of one of The New Yorker’s most popular cartoons of all time ‘Thursday’s out How about never – is never good for you’ Mankoff provides insight into the centrality of singlepanel humour in the magazine’s past and present We see his weekly pitch meetings with cartoonists where established names and aspiring young artists alike front up with their work – in the hope that he’ll laugh in a good way Featuring lively interviews with cartoonists published and yet to be the film delves into their processes their creative habitats and the mythos of the magazine they line up to be published in