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silly rabbit... chum is for kids
Matthew Mesina told me to forward to the list:
>>sharks are cool, but i'd never want to be one.
>>chum just sounds/looks/smells and (i assume)
>>tastes yucky...
>
>Based on the tasteless 7-UP commercial wherein
>hapless victims are tricked into drinking
>anything but the competitive beverages at a
>taste-test, including chum, and the violent
>reactions of said victims, I'd say that's the
>general consensus.
ah, tasteless? 7-up commercials rock... :)
serious rockage.
>Does anybody remember the good old days when
>movies and television sought to not offend
>anyone?
part of humor is exaggeration. part of life is
not being easily offended by exaggerations as
such. :) i like learning to roll with it and
seeing the humor in many aspects of life. life
is beautiful. life is cumbersome. life is
messed up. enjoying all of the wonderful aspects
of life makes it a more enjoyable thing to bear.
seeing the humor in the humor, seeing the beauty
in the cracks and crevices of life.
i think i'm not really talking about the 7-up
commerical anymore when stating all of that. :)
with me, one sentance leads to another. rabbit
trails ensue. i might just start talking about
whatever i want to soon... :)
>The apparent reversal of this trend has spread
>to advertisements, and this appears to be
>contrary to common sense. Why would you seek to
>alienate an audience in a advertisement? Isn't
>the idea behind advertising to be as appealing
>as possible to as many people as possible?
they appeal to a younger generation. not that i
watch much tv (i really only tune in on fox
sunday nights), but many companies are opting for
humor. 7-up, sprite, soft drinks in general, vw
jetta, yadda yadda... they're fun.
>Are advertisers that obsessed with target
>markets that they've lost sight of this fact,
>or is it just reflective of our society's moral
>decay in general?
it's for a softdrink. being silly for 30 seconds
doesn't mean that they've lost touch with the
populous at large. it just means that they wanna
push their product. if people like their
commercial, they'll have a better chance of name
recognition.
commercials and society's downfall shouldn't be
so seriously looked at, should they? not
everything needs to be so deep.
i don't drink 7-up, but i think their current
commercial spokesperson makes me laugh. many
times from the belly. a good belly laugh.
>Critic Mike Medved is quick to point out how
>movies that depict religion in a negative light
>are continuously being made, despite the fact
>that they fail to generate revenue. Again,
>contrary to common sense.
on that note, perhaps generating revenue is only
a secondary or tertiary pursuit in the artistic
endeavor of the writer, director, actor...?
perhaps making their point in the way that they
want to make it is why they make movies like
that. common sense often gets in the way of
artistic integrity.
if i made a movie, it'd probably be a cross
between a 7-up commercial and kevin smith's
'dogma.' teehee... just kidding. actually, the
movies my buddy and i made in high school were
more like stupid stuff with way too much george
carlin, far side, & monty python influences... :)
seriously, there are many "negatively" slanted
movies about religion that make some good points
and make some good true statements about the
shape we are in.
make 7. :)
up yours,
Dan
np: jonatha brooke - 10 cent wings
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