Comments | ontd_political: Stephanopoulos seeks advice for Obama from Old Spice Guy. Plus a discussion on gender/advertising.

ladypolitik in ontd_political

Stephanopoulos seeks advice for Obama from Old Spice Guy. Plus a discussion on gender/advertising.

Jul 14, 2010 21:35

On Twitter, @ GeorgeStephanopoulos wrote:"@OldSpice Hey Old Spice Man -- Political question: President's lost some female support. How does WH get those women voters back?
Answer:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Bli13rO9A&

Context: Old Spice has engaged in a two-day viral ( Read more... )

lulz, capitalism, epic post, presidential ab-point, george stephanopoulos, advertising, gender

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juliet316 July 15 2010, 02:13:31 UTC

He's a former NFL player, but I forget where he played. Not that it really matters now.

*goes back to shameless oogling*

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quizzicalsphinx July 15 2010, 02:16:24 UTC

Anything is possible with Old Spice Body Wash!

quizzicalsphinx July 15 2010, 02:15:41 UTC

If liking this is wrong, I don't ever want to be right.

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quizzicalsphinx July 15 2010, 04:34:42 UTC

Yep! ravemasta made a whole bunch of MST3K/Ace Attorney icons a while back and I ganked most of them.

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ladypolitik July 15 2010, 02:39:55 UTC

I dunno, I've gotten the "Hello Ladies" from completely fit and handsome guys IRL, and it's just as creepy. This viral ad campaign, on the other hand, strikes me as being so clearly silly that I dont recoil in the manner I do when IRL men act like this.

But true, it's clearly heteronormative/cis-centric in Old Spice-verse.

turtleyurtle1 July 15 2010, 06:51:16 UTC

idk there was one vid where he was like "To impress your guy of girl..." or something to like, an Anonymous comment. I don't really remember which one because I've been watching them all day. XD;

This is going to sound stupid, but: The actual world is heteronormative-cis-centric, is it not? And therefore a satire on that would also be heteronormative/cis-centric? Furthermore- I'm not sure what exactly I should expect: Should Old-spice guy be saying "Or Man~" after every sentence to make it more Politcally Correct? If we're subverting/satirizing gender roles here, it only makes sense to make fun using those roles. Adding "genderqueer/third gender/non-gendered/bi-gendered/etc" to every joke of his seems out of place, simply because that's not the point. I have a feeling if someone gay wrote in, he would respond with something (perhaps) about twice the manliness. But that's just me.

supercrook July 15 2010, 13:29:24 UTC

Really? That wouldn't surprise me but it'd make me smile. They might just be hedging their bets in case anonymous was a female commenter, but either way, awesome. (Also, I know several women who use Old Spice after seeing these ads. They definitely make me want to, but that's not jarring with my uncertain gender identity.)

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Re: Also... fenris_lorsrai July 15 2010, 02:37:00 UTC

Pst, I know an engineer that bakes. and wears a leather kilt.

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Re: Also... ladypolitik July 15 2010, 02:40:22 UTC

MTE.

Re: Also... akuma_river July 15 2010, 04:06:24 UTC

Well, there is the Cake Boss, he bakes. Italian too.

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