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--Mary Hammerbeck, Instructor of Eng 100

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Funniest Commercial Ever

This add appeals to our idea of what rational thinking is and the fact that kids are not always rational .You can really feel the emotion as this child begins to go off the deep end. If you are a parent you can really Identify with what this parent must be going through. As a non-parent it makes you stop and wonder what would make a person choose to be a parent. It is a situation that anyone can relate to because everyone shops and no one likes to be embarrassed . As I Analise this I see a message that every young person needs to see and it leaves the viewer realizing that not using this product could change your life in ways you could not imagine. After this add opens up your mind to crazy It ends by offering a simple solution to all of this irrational behavior.
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4 comments:

  1. crazyanna888February 23, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    The Commercial portrys the effects that not using condoms can place you in the situation with a child on in your hands. yet it does not show the fact that they may not be 100% effective. Other facts that are left silenced are the STD and how condoms can help you stay protected.

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  2. EvelynFebruary 23, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    We are assuming that a parent should be in charge and able to control their children, and children should be well behaved.The reality of it is that children are quite good at getting what you want.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    This ad hopes the viewer would make the responsible choices of not being a parent til you are ready and capable of handling the responsibility that parenting brings. There is also a fake myth that says children are horrible and constantly out of control when in reality it depends on how the child was raised. It is also using humor to remind the younger generations of real life consequences and responibilities when you don't practice safe sex.

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  4. MichaelFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    The commercial demonstrates that the young man is not prepared to handle a childish tantrum. It does not convince me that the child himself should never have been born. What are the power relations seen here? The adult is shamed publically by his inability to cope with the willful child who esculates the tantrum into violence and destruction of property.

    They chose a "safe" type of adult to avoid stereo-typing and alienating the audience. What change of protaganist would be tolerated in the commercial? The casting of an affluent caucasian male was deliberate and perhaps the only one possible. Imagine for a second your reaction had it been any other choice, any other race or demographic. Even a 12 year old babysitter would know how to handle the situation, remove the child from the store and save some dignity. Don't let the child get his/her way or destroy property.

    Advertisers here have pandered to the concept that it's okay to portray White males and especially as weak and clueless. The child needs discipline and the young man is ill-equipped and unprepared.

    If we were to actually witness such an outburst at a local Wal-Mart in 'real life' (pretty sure you've seen something similar) it would have probably involved a demonstration of abuse. Instead of showing how an adult can simply take a child out of a difficult environment, to the car for a time-out, we see the disapproving looks of on-lookers and total powerlessness and (may I say it?) impotence of males as the setup for a commercial that suggests artificial impotence (condems) is preferable.

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