Original artwork, not a still
And of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth - the critic.
— History of the World: Part I • 1981
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A mock-solemn history lesson with a crude punchline: as soon as artists were born, critics followed like an afterbirth. The joke compares criticism to the messy leftover of creation, suggesting critics are an unavoidable, slightly unpleasant byproduct of making art.
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