Rise of the Empire

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Did this for class, it’s a political piece about America’s emperical nature. The most interesting thing about this piece is actuly what the original was; JFK giving his state of the union around the time of the Cuban missle crisis. What I did was just plop the heads of Bush and Hitler on LBJ and the other speaker (I need a history lesson I suppose). I’m not trying to suggest Bush is anything like Hitler, but rather show parallels between Germany’s bid for global dominance under Nazi control, and the US currently attempting to dominate the globe, (in a very different fashion). Darth Vader is symbolic of the idea of an “evil empire” that and it makes this piece laughable. Other added symbols are that of Napoleon (world conquest..ect) the painting, as well as the bust both depict the French leader.

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