Covid Ain't Over Til' The Fat Lady Sings
The New Yorker Magazine, a magazine that is well known for its political articles and short stories, offers the public many illustrated covers that tackle current events in an intriguing way. The covers offer us almost-hidden information that’d need to be looked at carefully, in a more in-depth way, to understand the creator’s message. As all of us know, twenty-twenty was a year plagued by a pandemic, which made it hard for people all around the world to work and participate in social gatherings or activities. Performers of all kinds, such as athletes, singers, musicians, etc, had everything they’ve made of and for themselves halted within a blink of an eye. After the first surge of Covid-19, accommodations were made for these activities to start again to get people back onto their feet - with an exception. Live audiences were not permitted at this time. Performing without an audience seemed strange, though; it felt too different. Fake crowds wer...