Controversy time!

Apr 08, 2010 17:43

Coming out of hiding to pose a pop-culture question to my super cool, "with it" flist.

So by now, you've either seen or heard about the new Nike ad featuring a recording of Earl Woods "lecturing" a shame-faced Tiger. If you haven't, here it is:

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It's caused a big ol' hullaballoo, and honestly? I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, it's a ( Read more... )

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bearseatbeets23 April 9 2010, 03:51:51 UTC
The buzz is great, yes. So good for Nike. But for me? Bringing a philanderer back from the dead to give a stern talkin'-to to his philandering son? Pretty stupid, IMHO. Earl Woods' name has been pretty sullied in all this mess too, and father or not, I can't find this as anything but hypocritical, shameful and exploitive. Oh, and fake, much like I've found pretty much all of Tiger's attempts at redemption. /wheels off soapbox

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