tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post8410839626525850616..comments2024-03-18T08:34:11.052-07:00Comments on The Commercial Curmudgeon: Don't worry, Mom. I'm sure you'll find other ways to damage this child.John F Jamelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-76045432092305581542011-09-02T08:21:15.713-07:002011-09-02T08:21:15.713-07:00Actually, upon further rumination, I'd have to...Actually, upon further rumination, I'd have to say this ad is a throwback to the most primitive Vaudeville archetypal pigeonholing. It's a sketch about an upright woman fretting that her young daughter will turn out "gay" on account of her masculine tastes. Our Proctor and Gamble conservatives seem to have forgotten that this shame, as it were, doesn't resonate as it used to and is not quite so funny as it might have been in 1972. Just the same, the ad would never have been produced then, as even these particular topics of fear and insecurity (certainly homophobia) were considered dangerous -- now, apparently, considered fun.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565030682360603009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-82840037408148919732011-08-31T15:46:25.658-07:002011-08-31T15:46:25.658-07:00My oldest daughter (who is now twenty-two and the ...My oldest daughter (who is now twenty-two and the epitome of beautiful young woman) wore skirts and dresses all the time. Gym class? Shorts under the dress. And she climbed trees, played in the dirt, used dolls as parachute experiments... and she grew up just fine. <br /><br />When I can find a detergent that will get the special polymer-epoxy grade dust of Bristol Ren Faire out of my white chemise on the first cycle, then I'll be a devotee of that brand.Pahzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877861050356247528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-23212973424856788082011-08-31T15:43:18.060-07:002011-08-31T15:43:18.060-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565030682360603009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-84583517123075599752011-08-31T13:10:24.849-07:002011-08-31T13:10:24.849-07:00It doesn't work if intentionally avoid Tide an...It doesn't work if intentionally avoid Tide and buy one of the other 47 detergents on the market because I hate this commercial, though.John F Jamelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351383534436377360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-56948139293701685082011-08-31T07:01:29.873-07:002011-08-31T07:01:29.873-07:00Tide is using reverse psychology. The living room...Tide is using reverse psychology. The living room is almost a parody of neatness. Mother is seated directly in the center of both the sofa and symmetrically-arranged room. She's not to be taken for real.<br /><br />The hoodie, camouflage jacket, and getting dirty are all a part of the soap-maker's creed. The dirtier people get, the more soap is sold. Therefore, we are destined (and required) to hate the mother and buy the spot's true purpose: to show that Tide even cleans enough to satisfy the unrealistic worry-wort and fussbudget. Hate, resent (and feel superior to) her all you want: It's what Tide wants you to do. Now get out there and buy a $5 bottle of detergent for $11.59!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565030682360603009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-76189581690408110672011-08-31T04:56:53.088-07:002011-08-31T04:56:53.088-07:00Lovely old gal, ain't she? Not only does she h...Lovely old gal, ain't she? Not only does she have a world view that would make a bog-standard Stepford Wife look like Wendy O Williams, five bucks says that if she ever dared risk losing her femininity by going on line, she'd tell Ellie Patterson that she loves her column and can't understand why people pick on that nice young Anthony Caine. <br /><br />(Also, she must seem awfully similar to the self-satisfied young women you teach who are proud of their 'destiny' of being servitors to their loafer husbands.)DreadedCandiru2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15561460498807276057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662171249638416805.post-63090038022177768752011-08-30T23:47:24.098-07:002011-08-30T23:47:24.098-07:00OMG, my daughter is ::whispers:: a lesbian!OMG, my daughter is ::whispers:: a lesbian!Czaeranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459169043090638940noreply@blogger.com