{"id":1825,"date":"2008-10-28T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T13:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2008-10-28T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T13:05:45","slug":"keep-hope-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"Keep Hope Alive."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.21stcenturyfilth.com\/2008\/08\/new-hope.html\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u201cWhere\u2019s my Oscar?\u201d\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/hope_02-723742.jpg\" title=\"\u201cWhere\u2019s my Oscar?\u201d\" alt=\"\u201cWhere\u2019s my Oscar?\u201d\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It almost goes without saying that Shepard Fairey&#8217;s posterized image of Barack Obama, below right, is the definitive graphic of the <a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/p181484s.png\"  title=\"Love me.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/p181484s.png\" title=\"Love me.\" alt=\"Love me.\" align=\"right\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a>candidate&#8217;s campaign. This is saying a lot, in a contest long overflowing with visual irony, metaphor, allusion, and symbology.<\/p>\n<p>This hasn&#8217;t, in any way, however, halted the creation of\u2014as I write this\u2014dozens upon dozens of parody poster images. There are at least <em>eighty-nine<\/em> (89!) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.posterpage.ch\/exhib\/ex216oba\/ex216oba.htm\"  target=\"_blank\">Rene Wanner&#8217;s Poster Page,<\/a> including the Bob Hope jab, above. Plus, many more can be found elsewhere on the web; for example, the slightly creepy, <a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=940DE1D91439F937A35752C1A96E948260\"  target=\"_blank\"><em>They Live!<\/em><\/a>-ish <em>Believe<\/em> poster, below, and a sampling of others, beneath.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy, and don&#8217;t forget to vote!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kev89.deviantart.com\/art\/Obama-Obey-89186686\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u201cPut on the glasses\u2026.\u201d\"><!--more--><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/obama___obey_by_kev89.jpg\" title=\"\u201cPut on the glasses\u2026.\u201d\" alt=\"\u201cPut on the glasses\u2026.\u201d\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/obeygiant.com\/headlines\/mad-history\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u201cWhat, me get elected?\u201d\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/hopeless_poster.jpg\" title=\"\u201cWhat, me get elected?\u201d\" alt=\"\u201cWhat, me get elected?\u201d\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeoplescube.com\/images\/Obama_Poster_Clinton_Grope.gif\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"On the hunt.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/obama_poster_clinton_grope.gif\" title=\"On the hunt.\" alt=\"On the hunt.\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/obama_poster_marx.gif\"  title=\"\u201cVlasic pickles!\u201d\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/obama_poster_marx.gif\" title=\"\u201cVlasic pickles!\u201d\" alt=\"\u201cVlasic pickles!\u201d\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/2827635802_146b42e8e0_o.jpg\"  title=\"\u201cHey, Joe Sixpack!\u201d\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/2827635802_146b42e8e0_o.jpg\" title=\"\u201cHey, Joe Sixpack!\u201d\" alt=\"\u201cHey, Joe Sixpack!\u201d\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepeoplescube.com\/images\/Obama_Poster_Cowbell.gif\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u201cCome on baby\u2026.\u201d\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/obama_poster_cowbell.gif\" title=\"\u201cCome on baby\u2026.\u201d\" alt=\"\u201cCome on baby\u2026.\u201d\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2008\/10\/27\/obey-alfred-e-neuman.html\"  target=\"_blank\"><em>BoingBoing<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It almost goes without saying that Shepard Fairey&#8217;s posterized image of Barack Obama, below right, is the definitive graphic of the candidate&#8217;s campaign. This is saying a lot, in a contest long overflowing with visual irony, metaphor, allusion, and symbology. This hasn&#8217;t, in any way, however, halted the creation of\u2014as I write this\u2014dozens upon dozens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,21,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}