This poster (on the right) made in 1930 by R.O. Blechman strangely entitled "Parody of the Freedom From Fear by Norman Rockwell" is very well done in wit and in aesthetic. This was done in a time of uneasiness (to say the least) in the world. The original image (on the left) was originally created to subside fear in its viewers implying that we need not fear in our country especially with our freedom from fear. You can understand that with such chaos ensuing in the world that if you can witness a family who is able to tuck their children in for bed at night, in a vulnerable safe-haven, then there is no reason to fret. The first poster was meant to coax the viewers into a state of peace and trust that their country would deliver on that freedom from fear. I feel that R.O. Blechman is satirizing this iconic image by adding word bubbles filled with endless troubles. I believe he is taking the original image implying "there is no need to fear" and places the father figure looking out and questioning that statement. The father ponders and mulls over the things that are inevitably going to plague his heart with fear regardless of the reassurance of the good old U.S.A.
Alexa Castillo
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