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Photo, Print, Drawing The FCC lady sings / Ann Telnaes.

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Title

  • The FCC lady sings / Ann Telnaes.

Summary

  • Editorial cartoon drawing shows Wagner's Brunnhilde as the FCC fat lady singing "Monopolies" while wearing two satellite dish receiver/transmitters on her head and a newsprint skirt with the headline "FCC set to ease restrict[ions] on takeovers of media ou[tlets]."

Names

  • Telnaes, Ann, 1960-, artist

Created / Published

  • 2003 June 2.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Federal Communications Commission--2000-2010
  • -  Monopolies--2000-2010
  • -  Broadcasting--United States--2000-2010
  • -  Singing--United States--2000-2010
  • -  Operas & operettas--United States--2000-2010

Headings

  • Collages--2000-2010.
  • Editorial cartoons--2000-2010.
  • Ink drawings--2000-2010.

Genre

  • Editorial cartoons--2000-2010
  • Ink drawings--2000-2010
  • Collages--2000-2010

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit "Humor's Edge": Monopolies in Communications Industries. On June 2, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised broadcasting rules to allow a single company to own television stations that reach 45 percent of households. A single company would also be allowed to own newspapers, television and radio stations in the same city. Critics charged that the new rules would create monopolies, giving control of news and entertainment to a small number of companies. Telnaes plays on the popular phrase, "The opera's not over until the fat lady sings." The lady's singing in the cartoon signals the end of competition. The opera diva figure refers to the three types of media: television, radio, and print. Telnaes found it difficult at first to think of how to represent print media, but then devised the idea of using newspaper print for the skirt pattern. The Financial Times's story on the FCC decision provided a warm peach color.
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Courtesy of Tribune Media Services.
  • -  Exhibited: "Humor's Edge : Cartoons by Ann Telnaes" at the Library of Congress, 2004.

Medium

  • 1 collage : ink brush over pink pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white and pink newsprint.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2004:013.22 [item] [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 04706 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.04706
  • cph 3c34269 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c34269

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2004666723

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-04706 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-134269 (b&w film copy neg.)

Rights Advisory

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Ann Telnaes Rights and Restrictions Information," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/368_teln.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-04706 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-134269 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2004:013.22 [item] [P&P]
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Telnaes, Ann, Artist. The FCC lady sings / Ann Telnaes. United States, 2003. June 2. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666723/.

APA citation style:

Telnaes, A. (2003) The FCC lady sings / Ann Telnaes. United States, 2003. June 2. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666723/.

MLA citation style:

Telnaes, Ann, Artist. The FCC lady sings / Ann Telnaes. June 2. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004666723/>.