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akademiskacademic quarterkvarterIcons of TransgressionBent Sørensenmany uses to which his iconic presence can be put, as will be apparentby his insertion into a number of political fantasy scenariosin recent years.My first 4 images of Manson (with one of victim Sharon Tate insertedin the sequence) show Manson’s development from fairlywell-groomed hippy-type to wild-eyed fanatic and self-mutilatedmadman. He ages into a rugged prophet-like apparition in later images.It is the elderly Manson who fuels the imagination of iconworkers that use him in a politicized discourse, as witnessed firstby a right wing manipulation of Manson’s image, photo-shoppedinto a photo of former Democrat candidate for President, John Kerry,who was the victim of a vicious slander campaign due to his pastas an anti-Vietnam War activist. Here a grinning Manson in a suitmodelled on Kerry’s (as is Manson’s hair style) shows the Senator apiece of paper or a photograph (perhaps a snapshot of the Mansonvictims), and they appear to share a moment of confidence, althoughKerry’s closed eyes might indicate that the image MansonVolume03 126