Posted on 05/01/2006 5:47:54 PM PDT by cicero's_son
I suspected that the reason for the edit was protests from homosexual groups. Based on this article, I guess I was right.
What do you think?
If the fairy in question was obviously male, I would see something to this.
But the fairy is very female. Thoughts of a gay meaning never crossed my mind.
That said, it's a completely stupid commercial.
"Without that line, the ad is pretty incoherent and pointless."
Yes, it would be. My these fairies have thin skins, don't they?
Not a great commercial, I agree. But I thought the punchline was pretty humorous.
And I saw no "anti-gay" slur in it whatsoever. It wasn't until the line was taken out that I even guessed that someone could have been offended.
Maybe they should just use the Slim Jim fairy. He looks like he could kick some butt.
I noticed and thought the same thing. But about 10 minutes ago I saw it again and the "Silly little fairy" line was there again.
Real men don't even known what Pomeranians are. To us, all yappy little ankle-biting cat-wannabee dogs are the same.
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I guess silly little Bobbie Garfield is upset.
But when he says, "Eat me!" they might take him up on it.
I think the fairy's revenge on the macho man subverts the tough guy image that they're trying to project onto the car. It suggests that macho men are really "fairies," or interchangeable with them. The fairy remains the powerful figure even if the car seems immune to that power.
Who do you suppose produces these ads, anyway?
I thought the ad was kind of funny. I didn't even Make the "gay' connection!
Do they ever.
Somehow, I'm guessing that Garfield doesn't get his panties into a twist whenever an ad takes a subliminal dig at Christians, or at "hicks from flyover country."
But Heaven forfend that anyone dare offend the homosexual lobby.
Have it herding sheep and making love to Dodge pickup in its tent up in Montana while fire crackers go off in the background and its wife screams, " you ain't going up their for fishing!!" and then it is a serious commercial.
Have it herding sheep and making love to Dodge pickup in its tent up in Montana while fire crackers go off in the background and its wife screams, " you ain't going up their for fishing!!" and then it is a serious commercial.
Have it herding sheep and making love to Dodge pickup in its tent up in Montana while fire crackers go off in the background and its wife screams, " you ain't going up their for fishing!!" and then it is a serious commercial.
A Pomeranian is a breed of dog that my wife's house cat would use for target practice.
I think only a fairy would object to this.
hmmm.. silly little fairies complaining about a faery.
It is far more offesive to have homosexuals throwing hissy fits every time thet believe they sexual fetish is correctly exposed as disgusting.
I saw it this afternoon and it still had the fairy line in it.
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