| | | | | The comedian discusses putting a billboard in his home town to get his mother’s attention and his effort to “Truman Show” himself.  Illustration by Richard Chance; Source photograph from Getty Speaking in his immaculate, sun-filled loft in Chelsea, the comedian Jerrod Carmichael tells the New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz about being raised in the church, the importance of truth above all else in art, and why all performers are self obsessed. (“A group of artists is a group of selfish people who come together,” he says.) By 2022, Carmichael had already starred in a multi-camera sitcom on NBC and had a comedy special directed by Spike Lee. But his HBO special from that year, “Rothaniel,” changed the course of his life. In it, he came out as gay and divulged several family secrets, which left him alienated from his religous mother. His recent eight-episode HBO documentary, “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show,” is a strange, clever, and raw exploration of the fallout, in which he stages fraught interactions with the people in his life. What’s next? “Now the most revolutionary turn, to me, is that I find things funny again,” Carmichael says. “Isn’t that crazy? I’m, like, You know what I wanna do next? I think I’m gonna be funny.” | | | | From the News Desk | Q. & A. A Congressional Democrat Explains Why He’s Standing with BidenRobert Garcia, of California, knows that the President had a bad debate. He thinks Democrats should back him anyway. By Isaac Chotiner | | | | | Kyle Chayka | |  Illustration by Ariel Davis “I’ve noticed a slew of TikTok influencers posting travel photos from Bali, Lisbon, or the French Riviera sporting deep-orange washes, high-contrast shadows, and fuzzy faux-film grain,” Kyle Chayka writes. Most of those images, he learns, were created with a Fujifilm X100, a digital camera whose classic aesthetics have become a hit among people rejecting the cold high-definition images created by their smartphones. Good luck finding a model yourself, though. Read more » | | | |  | If you know someone who would enjoy this newsletter, please share it. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up. | | | | | | Fifty Days of Flash Fiction | | This summer, we’re publishing a new piece of Flash Fiction online every Thursday. In between, we’ll be delivering selections from our extensive archive of very short stories from past years. Subscribers exclusively enjoy full access. Upgrade today » “To please his mother, a writer attempts a children’s story. The mother doesn’t usually read fiction but will read a children’s story and, if it’s good, show it to all her friends. In his mother’s eyes, the writer is, by and large, an anomaly. She believes that writing is a skill, not a vocation, and to make up stories for anyone other than children is a silly way to occupy one’s time.” | | | | Culture Dept. |  Pop Music For Clairo, Charm Is an Aesthetic and Spiritual PrincipleThe artist discusses her new album, moving upstate, and the wallop and jolt of romantic connection. By Amanda Petrusich | | | | | Fun & Games Dept. | Mini Crossword A Smallish PuzzleIt’s often flown in June: nine letters. By Andy Kravis | | Shouts & Murmurs Conciliatory Trophies for MillennialsAdvanced skin care, free shipping, and more. By Eugenia Viti | | Daily Cartoon Thursday, July 11th By Ali Solomon | | | | |  | Name Drop: Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? Play a quiz from our archive » | | | | | P.S. George Clooney wasn’t always political. As Ian Parker notes in his Profile, from 2008, the actor “was rather disengaged as a young man; in his mullet-haired years, he missed many opportunities to vote.” But, after Clooney drove to South Central L.A. with friends to help with cleanup efforts following the 1992 riots, things changed: “That’s when I understood the difference between sitting around, talking about politics, and actually getting your feet in.” | | | | Today’s newsletter was written by Hannah Jocelyn. | | | | | | | |
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