Nothing to be Desired

[medusasowl]

I am a hopeless commercial critic. It's pointless and petty, but I can't seem to not do it. Part of the blame is art school, where there were occasional assignments of "Here is an ad. Tell me what's wrong with it." And so I did... and I do. Funnily enough, when I was a little kid I would often sit and watch commercials then wander off when the

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[padparadscha]

I hate the it's-fun-to-be-an-asshole commercials--notably the Cheetos ones.

Gender roles in commercials are insane. I saw one recently for a moisturizer marketed for men. Usually moisturizer commercials aim at women, and are all about luxuriating and maybe fighting wrinkles and show a lot of ribbons and silk and women feeling themselves up. This commercial, though, looked like that parody Powerthirst commercial. "MEN! You are MANLY, and even MANLY skin dries out! This is a BADASS MOISTURIZER made with lightning--REAL LIGHTNING!" It was weird.

[medusasowl]

Yeah, the fun/cool to be an asshat thing is beyond obnoxious...

LOL! Yeah, the gender stuff is bizarre! All "MACHO MAN!" or "Tee hee, Stepford!" And it tends to be either household cleaning/fixing items or personal grooming items that do it the most.

Which is likely why I adore this commercial so much. ;D

[dahliablue]

I've been told I become too cranky while watching commercials, so I'm sort of banned from watching them. Hehe. They really do make me insane. The rampant stereotypes make me gnash my teeth.

[medusasowl]

Ugh, YES! Every kind of stereotype too. It's pretty disgusting. Being banned from watching them is probably a blessing, that way you can be spared the annoyance. I can't seem to help watching them, but limit other things that aggravate me like the news... OMG network news... just... no.