Anderson Cooper 360 on Friday, February 23, 2018
The very capable John Berman was in the AC360 anchor chair on this Friday night. Anderson has a 60 Minutes story on Sunday. Here's the preview from 60minutes.com ~
French artist shows dignity in ordinary people with massive works of art
'JR' says he posts the huge photos on public structures so people can look at them and see themselves
An artist known for his huge photographs pasted on public structures throughout the world says he is trying to display the dignity in human beings. The artist, who goes by the name "JR," blows up photos of ordinary people, some of them victims of extraordinary circumstances, such as war or crime, so people can look at them and see themselves. Anderson Cooper interviews JR and examines his work on the next edition of 60 Minutes, Sunday, Feb. 25 at 7:00 p.m., ET/PT.
Among the examples of his art from early in his career was a campaign to humanize youths in a Paris suburb. Images from riots there in 2005 showed young rioters destroying property. JR photographed young people from the neighborhood with tight framing, many with hoods on their heads, some making faces. He blew them up and pasted them in Paris with the subjects' names, ages and addresses.
JR said he was trying to break a stereotype, not feed it with the images. "By feeding it, it breaks [the stereotype]…the humanity. When you look at those faces," he tells Cooper, "it makes you want to smile. By playing the monster, they don't look like a monster anymore."
More recently, amid the hot-button issues of immigration and border security in America, JR erected a giant billboard on the Mexican side of the U.S. border, high enough to be seen on the U.S. side over a high fence. The image was that of a smiling Mexican toddler.
In 2007, at the wall separating Israelis and Palestinians, he pasted pictures on the wall of everyday people from both sides but with the same profession. JR says bystanders approached him, curious as to who the people were. "I say, 'one is Israeli and one is Palestinian.' And …a big silence on the crowd. And I say, 'Who is who?' And they couldn't even recognize their enemy or their brother."
PLEASE STOP THE TALK ABOUT ARMING TEACHERS. IT IS A WAYNE LA PIERRE IDEA TO SELL MORE GUNS.
ANY IDEA TRUMP COMES UP WITH IS BAD. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE DISASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH THE NRA. WAYNE LA PIERRE HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS AND HE HASN'T WATCHED THEM SINCE THE LAST MASS SHOOTING.
THE WORD "WATCHED" SHOULD READ "WASHED". SORRY
LOVED THE TWEET THAT SAID CHANGE THE NAME OF THE AR-15 TO THE MARCO RUBIO. WHY WOULD THE DEPUTIES SEATED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL GO IN IF THE SUSPECT WAS ARMED WITH AN AR-15 MACHINE GUN, AND THEY ONLY HAD AN INFERIOR WEAPON? OR, ARE THESE DEPUTIES TO SIT OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL'S ENTRANCES WITH A RIFLE TYPE WEAPON, THE AR-15. ALL THIS SAYS TO OUR CHILDREN IS: YES, IT IS OKAY TO KILL ONE ANOTHER. WE CONDONE IT.
SO GLAD I'M RETIRED.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT TRUMP BUT HE IS MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF EVERY STATE ABOUT THE GUN EPIDEMIC. THAT IS SOMETHING OBAMA SHOULD HAVE DONE BUT DIDN'T AFTER
SANDY HOOK. THERE WAS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT. NONE.
The NRA wants to arm teachers so they can sell more guns. The NRA is the gun lobby and as long as they sell their guns they could care less how many people get killed.
YES AND PAUL RYAN WANTS TO ARM TEACHERS AS WELL. ALL OF CONGRESS HAS BEEN PAID OFF BY THE NRA AND EVERYONE HAS BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATS.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO MICHELLE OBAMA. SHE WAS PAID 65 MILLION DOLLARS TO WRITE HER MEMOIR.
WE KNOW HER STORY. SHE WAS RAISED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND MET THE FUTURE PRESIDENT AND BECAME 1ST LADY. THE END. SHE DID EMBRACE THE ROLE AND WE LIKED HER, BUT NOT FOR SIXTY FIVE MILLION BIG ONES! MY SOURCE IS THE NY TIMES.