“When you see a hog, you see a garbage disposal; when you see a little bird, you see … whatever he wants to be.” A comedian gives voice to the hog who eats trash for the Flintstones: he petitions the boss for a promotion, only to realize that a dead-end job is his destiny.

This video documents “On Labor and Management,” a performance by the comedian and writer Julio Torres. The performance occurred on May 24, 2019, as a contribution to Parts of Speech, an exhibition organized by Triple Canopy and Public Fiction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Torres, who works on Saturday Night Live, cowrites, coproduces, and stars in Los Espookys.



To read Torres’s script and view Parts of Speech contributions by Steffani Jemison, Hari Kunzru, Tomeka Reid, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, and Astra Taylor, visit: https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/is...

Video produced and edited by Triple Canopy. Animation by Lucy Jones.

Julio Torres is a comedian and writer who was born in El Salvador and lives in New York. Learn more at: https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/co...

“On Labor and Management” was published as part of Two Ears and One Mouth, Triple Canopy’s twenty-sixth issue, which is made possible through the generous support of the Stolbun Collection, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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