Aphrodite Coulter, Oprah Hestia, Hermes Colbert. These are the names of some of the portraits in A Pantheon of Media Gods by Jessie Rauch.
Rauch describes the project as, “A series that transforms media celebrities into Greek Gods as metaphorical commentary on the power that individual pundits and journalists have in controlling access to information and in the shaping of public opinion.”
For example, the caption of the O’Reilly Ares portrait says, ‘Hail to O’Reilly, father of the NO-SPIN ZONE. His Mighty power dares to challenge truth itself. He works with woe embitter human life.”
Beyond being humorous and sarcastic, the series opens our eyes to the power these news and media personalities hold over a large number of people.
Rauch describes the project as, “A series that transforms media celebrities into Greek Gods as metaphorical commentary on the power that individual pundits and journalists have in controlling access to information and in the shaping of public opinion.”
For example, the caption of the O’Reilly Ares portrait says, ‘Hail to O’Reilly, father of the NO-SPIN ZONE. His Mighty power dares to challenge truth itself. He works with woe embitter human life.”
Beyond being humorous and sarcastic, the series opens our eyes to the power these news and media personalities hold over a large number of people.
- added September 05, 2008
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greek goddess? Ann coulter is a dog, in every sense of the word.
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- Owwmykneecap
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This type of satire is absolutely necessary because it exposes our idolization and complete acceptance of what these common public figures express as down to earth(true) thought. It is entertaining, they are great entertainers I don't doubt and I have a lot of respect for them but I like alternative points of view.
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