[lbo-talk] Stupid Bowl: did this really happen?

[Arash]

I saw Bill Mahrer doing a bit on his show about Superbowl ads and he said
they don't accept advocacy Ads from groups like PETA, so I'm guessing that's
why the Move-on ad got canned.  He followed by saying that was stupid
because all superbowl ads are advocacy ads, mainly advocating for people to
drink and eat until they explode.

On the potato chips ad, don't you think the humor is derived from the fact
that its a gentle eldery couple competing violently for a bag of chips,
jarring the context you normally attribute to homely grandparents in a weak
attempt to make you laugh?  I oppose the ad because it's not very funny and
because it's an ad, but I don't think it really says anything about domestic
violence.  But we shouldn't take my word for it, is there some good
bourgeoise scholarship that can clear this up?

Arash

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[mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of D F Cornwell
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:05 PM
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Subject: [lbo-talk] Stupid Bowl: did this really happen?

Look. I know that Janet Jackson's naked breat is old news. I think there
might be worse problems with Stupor Bowl Sunday.

1. CBS refused to air Moveon.com's ad about Bush. Why on earth is
politics more controversial than naked breasts in prime time? Where do
they think this is, France?

2., CBS ostensibly aired a rather offenseive potato chip ad

Did this really happen?  I IGNORED the Stupor Bowl including Janet
Jackson, but the other day I was listening to something on the radio.
The radio said during the Super Bowl there was some ad about a
grandfather tripping a grandmother to get to some potato chips. To me
this sounds REALLY Tasteless.

Why? Even if the ad is SUPPOSED to be "all in good fun" it smacks of
domestic violence, and even worse domestic violence in service of greedy
commercialism. I am not up on the latest stats related to Domestic
Violence on Super Bowl Sunday. but I remember many years where feminists
campaigned because Super Bowl Sunday is supposed to be on of the days
with the highest count of domestic violence incidents in the whole
calendar. So is CBS cashing in on this problems by airing this tasteless ad?

There before I foam at the mouth any further, did this really happen?
Did CBS air this kind of ad?

Just curious

DoreneC

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