August 03, 2009
Why So Spurious?
From the LA Weekly blog:
A new poster depicting President Obama as a version of Heath Ledger's Joker character in The Dark Knight has appeared in Los Angeles, according to rightwing sources...The poster, which bears a very superficial resemblance to Shepard Fairey's famous Obama Hope illustration, has been pasted on freeway supports and other public surfaces. It has a bit of everything to appeal to the drunk tank of California conservatism: Obama is in white face, his mouth (like Ledger's Joker's) has been grotesquely slit wide open and the word "Socialism" appears below his face. The only thing missing is a noose.
Ah yes, we all remember that classic scene in The Dark Knight...
P.S. Here's an oldie but a racisty. And here's Obama with another company's superhero.
P.P.S. Nobody looked for a noose all those other times somebody put a politician in Joker makeup.
Posted by Jim Treacher at August 3, 2009 06:19 PM