- Meme created by unknown person
- uses the iconic colours and style of Shephard Faireys 'Hope' poster
- patriotic red white and blue colour scheme
- nope in big capital letters
- uses very unflattering picture of Trump with his hair really out of place and a dumb look on his face
- juxtaposed with the powerful pose Obama donned for his poster
- computer generated
- Made during the run up to the 2016 presidential election
- America
- presumably made to try and ridicule Trump
- most likely made by a non-supporter of Trump is the picture doesn't paint him in the best light
- I would guess its been made by some one of the younger generation as it was originally only posted online
- also is a parody of the Obama poster and satirises Trump and his policies, has a lot of humour so was likely again made by someone younger who finds the situation laughable
- Trumps main demographic were white voters, and a large amount were male
- He also has a large amount of black and Hispanic voters working against him as well as a large base of women who dislike him (these could all enjoy and consume the image satirising him
- HOWEVER it could be argued that this meme has had no negative impact on his campaign at all, possibly even giving him more exposure for free
- He won the election in the end so its obviously not dented his chances too badly
- Many people state his upfront manner as the reason they voted for him, so maybe they don't mind him being made fun of? Is that part of his 'charm'?
- This relates to Politics as it directly involves one of the presidential candidates
- Republican party
- It could also relate to class and cultural studies as that is what divided so many of his supporters and opponents, the controversial things he said about people of colour, women, and many more
- relates to my text about satire and maybe
- supporters of Trump might find this image offencive and unfair, whereas for his opponents it seems completely just as it portrays him int he way that they see him too
Quotes is could relate to:
"Power breeds corruption. It also invites ridicule. The ridicule often provokes retaliation from the powerful."
"The satirist, according to the late Victorian caricaturist and essayist Max Beerbohm, is "a fellow laying about him lustily, for the purpose of hurting, of injuring people who, in his opinion, ought to be hurt and injured"
"The weapon of choice for satirists is wit, a cerebral and cutting form of humour. Wit according to Freud, is one of the means by which we release our repressed hostilities; "By belittling and humbling our enemy, by scorning and ridiculing him, we indirectly obtain the pleasure of his defeat by the laughter of the third person, the inactive spectator"
Most likely I'll go with the third quote as I feel it most directly links to what I'm trying to say, I could turn it into a conversation about what deems satire to be acceptable and justified? Who decides whether a person is deserving of being mocked or not? And can we justify satire by telling ourselves its ok because of this laughing, unseen third party?
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