Donald Trump Wild Hair: Over Comb Analysis

The meme “Donald Trump Wild Hair: Over Comb” visually represents Donald Trump with his infamous comb over being blown to other side by the wind. Donald Trump is a presidential candidate in this 2016 election. He is known for his arrogant remarks, blunt attitude, spray tans, and his notorious comb over. Many people feel indifferent about his political views and his remarks towards women, children and races. Some allusions presented in this picture are his presidential views and his ridiculous hair style. This meme uses hyperbole to emphasize his hairstyle but also to make the point that his campaign is something some individuals want to stray from. The meme uses reframing with the pun “over-comb” (“Donald Trump Wild Hair”) to make

With all the constant presidential debates and news channels, meme creators have started to pick apart these candidates-from their views to their appearance. Memes are widespread, reaching a broad audience and being communicated through social media by sharing and copying. The authors use multiple methods of humor to convey their point, may it be through hyperbole or puns. Therefore, with Trump being the leading Republican nominee, people opposed to him have taken a twist on how they would like to portray him to America. The meme “Donald Trump Wild Hair: Over Comb” targets an audience who opposes Trump’s presidential campaign by using hyperbole to mock his hair style; this allusion reaches the audience because he is well-known for his comb-overs, so the audience can understand the punch-line. Using this method of humor, the meme exaggerates a character flaw that audiences are aware of to elicit humor, something future meme makers should utilize to target their

Although the pun in the meme is written in white, it is lined with the color black. Black represents power, much like how Donald Trump would like to present himself- whether he is successful or not. However, the creators of this meme did not use black to represent power. The “color meaning” of black also represents evil and mystery (Color Meaning). Although the meme should have used pure black for the words presented on the meme, the black outline still gives meaning to its purpose. This is color analysis represents the allusion well and relates it to the pun about us “over combing” his presidential campaign (Donald Trump Wild