Langer: “I´m not here to change the reality – but to make fun of it”

Sergio Langer works in an art studio, on a simple chair. He draws ugly people – both in appearance, and spirit – because his art is seasoned with truth. Stereotypes make him dizzy – he laughs at them, at the social vicissitudes, and the middle class of the city. He laughs every day through his drawings, which are published in Clarin, the daily newspaper with the highest level of distribution in Argentina.

With “La Nelly”, his most popular character, he has driven more than one politician mad. But Langer’s provocations do not end at the airport. He has also collaborated

Los perfeccionistas del chiste

Si el de prostituta es el oficio más viejo del mundo, el segundo es el de bufón. Y tal vez los comediantes de stand up comedy sean la versión más reciente de ese arte. Para los legos, puede reconocerse un espectáculo de este estilo cuando un artista, muñido tan sólo de un micrófono, hace el deleite de todo un auditorio a base de observaciones cotidianas condimentadas con técnicas del género y una poca de “acting”.