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FUN: Cedar Fair, an amusement park operator, notes that it has “cornered the market on fun" with its ticker symbol.

Wagner plays up these symbols, by casting them against the star of the dollar bill – founding father George Washington. Many pieces poke fun at money – a triptych shows a “money tree ...