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In response to CNN’s
coverage of the Gulf War and their five video cassette set of the “Best of
the Gulf War”, I created a set of historical trading cards that parody the
info-tainment approach to serious subject matter. Punchy, glib and sensational, the Cold War Cards seem to
be very much the product of a commodity-minded America. In keeping, a rather rah-rah voice is
sported throughout the cards which, while appropriate to the medium,
ultimately reinforces the absurd potential of the Cold War and the hype
necessary to keep the West ready, willing and able. The cards and merchandisers
were placed at various retail locations, where it was difficult to tell
whether they were a crass commercial product or a parody of a crass commercial
product. Card sets came with a
stick of Wrigley’s Double Stealth Gum. The original website
continued the tone and tenor of the cards and offered a further Cold War
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