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'SNL' Kool-Aid Man Sketch Parodies Gillette Toxic Masculinity Ad
Fortune ^ | 1/20/19 | By Veronica Neto

Posted on 01/20/2019 11:30:38 AM PST by NohSpinZone

This week’s Saturday Night Live episode, hosted by Rachel Brosnahan, featured a Kool-Aid parody of Gillette’s Super Bowl “We Believe” ad, which sparked controversy when the commercial addressed issues concerning toxic masculinity.

The sketch opens up with an ’80s-themed ad featuring two teenage boys talking about how thirsty they are after a basketball practice. The Kool-Aid man then bursts through a wall with a jug of Kool-Aid saying his signature “Oh yeah!” while the excited boys say “I wanna be like Kool-Aid!”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: gillette; koolaid; parody; saturdaynightlive; snl
More homage than parody, I think, but even SNL is poking fun at Gillette's gaffe.
1 posted on 01/20/2019 11:30:38 AM PST by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

Sounds like SNL is trying to slip in another weird narrative. Not to ridicule the idiotic Gillette thing, but to distract from its idiocy.

Obviously, SNL is not worth watching.


2 posted on 01/20/2019 11:37:46 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: NohSpinZone

Jillette’s about to be boy errrrrr mancotted. Expect their sales revenues will get a shave— hows that for ‘best’. Morons.


3 posted on 01/20/2019 11:44:10 AM PST by tflabo
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To: tflabo

Gillette I think is a Proctor and Gamble company. Need a list of products to not purchase. I’m already changing my Excel razor choice, which I have used for 30+ years.


4 posted on 01/20/2019 11:48:08 AM PST by 9422WMR
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To: NohSpinZone

SNL hasn’t been funny or watchable for 30 years.


5 posted on 01/20/2019 11:49:22 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: 9422WMR

There are many P&G brands.

https://us.pg.com/brands/


6 posted on 01/20/2019 12:19:58 PM PST by deks
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To: NohSpinZone

Its pretty simple. Gilllet razors will move from principally shaving mens face to principally shaving women’s legs and armpits & pubic hairs.

no biggie. probably that’s what gillete intended.


7 posted on 01/20/2019 8:42:45 PM PST by ckilmer
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To: ckilmer

Feminazis don’t shave anything. They are more hirsute than I am.


8 posted on 01/21/2019 8:18:01 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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