In the acclaimed black comedy thriller Fargo (Coen, 1996), the ending scene tracks police officer “Marge Gunderson,” as she crawls into bed with her husband “Norm.” As they watch TV, Norm shares that his artwork won an appearance on the 3-cent stamp, but he remarks, “Hautman’s blue-winged teal got the 29-cent.” In that instance, Norm joined the scores of people who have lost art competitions to a Hautman Brother, three brothers from Minnesota who’ve garnered national recognition for their scenic artwork. 

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In modern pop culture, fantasy epics reign as a dominating genre, both critically and commercially. Book series, such as “A Song of Ice and Fire,” “The Lord of the Rings,” and “The Wheel of Time,” catapulted to the top of the worldwide fantasy canon, yet these stories focus on a singular demographic. A singularly privileged demographic. 

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