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Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War
New York Times ^ | 2/5/2007 | Stuart Elliot

Posted on 02/05/2007 9:21:24 AM PST by Loud Mime

No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago. But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s commercials.

More than a dozen spots celebrated violence in an exaggerated, cartoonlike vein that was intended to be humorous, but often came across as cruel or callous.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barkingmoonbat; commercials; conspiracytheory; ferchrissakes; leftwingnut; nyglbttimes; superbowl
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To: Red Badger

My husband and I both thought most of the ads were in poor taste and were indeed violent. Fortunately, there were exceptions. We LOVED the blockbuster ad with the mouse. We laughed ourselves silly and talked about using our mouse at work today as we left the house, again laughing. Other honorable mentions that I can remember: Sprint (connectile dysfunction) and Justin Timberlake (who knew he had a sense of humor).


21 posted on 02/05/2007 9:38:19 AM PST by twigs
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To: twigs
...Justin Timberlake (who knew he had a sense of humor).

Of course he has a sens of humour! He dumped Britney didn't he?.........

22 posted on 02/05/2007 9:40:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Rachel Carson is responsible for more deaths than Adolf Hitler...............)
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To: Loud Mime

What silly dribble from the gray old lady!


23 posted on 02/05/2007 9:43:17 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Loud Mime
Violent ground acquisition games such as football is in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war. - Derek in Back to School.

It is impossible to satirize the New York Times. They are so far out of the realm of reality and common sense that they are beyond satire into farce.

24 posted on 02/05/2007 9:45:05 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Samoans: The (low) wage slaves in the Pelosi-Starkist complex.)
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To: GoldenPup

The NYTimes is a propaganda source. It chose sides, prints accordingly, and shows no remorse for their chosen path.


25 posted on 02/05/2007 9:45:09 AM PST by Loud Mime (“War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision." Gen Douglas Mac Arthur)
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To: Loud Mime
Gee, what a shock. This pantywaist douche admits that he is a "someone who has watched the Super Bowl XIX years in a row only for the commercials."

The problem with the spot was that whenever the announcer said, “a rock” — invoking the Prudential logo, the rock of Gibraltar — it sounded as if he were saying, yes, “Iraq.”

I can relate. Whenever people say “ridiculously pompous obsessive handwringers” it sounds eerily like “New York Times typists” to my ears.

26 posted on 02/05/2007 9:46:29 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Loud Mime

ALERT!!!

The NY Times sees a bogeyman where none exist---again!!!

Look, the Slimes just KNOWS these things.


27 posted on 02/05/2007 9:47:24 AM PST by subterfuge (Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
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To: nctexan

This is a grand example of how group psychosis is affecting rationality.
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In the US, yes.

We all know of worse. Hatred and conceit are connected, and they bring terrible acts when power is added.


28 posted on 02/05/2007 9:49:03 AM PST by Loud Mime (“War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision." Gen Douglas Mac Arthur)
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To: AnnaZ; feinswinesuksass
Check out this uber-silly article from the NYT.

Absolutely parody-proof.

29 posted on 02/05/2007 9:49:42 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Loud Mime

Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting LACK OF TALENT


30 posted on 02/05/2007 9:50:04 AM PST by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: Loud Mime

Yea someone posted it on FR last night bout 8pmish


31 posted on 02/05/2007 9:50:21 AM PST by Domandred
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Agree, the Snickers ad should have been two women.

And it should have had whipped cream on it.

32 posted on 02/05/2007 9:51:42 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Red Badger
He dumped Britney didn't he?.........

I thought he dumped Cameron? Or did he dump Britney before he dumnped Cameron?

33 posted on 02/05/2007 9:54:59 AM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Red Badger
He dumped Britney didn't he?.........

I thought he dumped Cameron? Or did he dump Britney before he dumnped Cameron?

34 posted on 02/05/2007 9:55:09 AM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Loud Mime

You could have written this same article about any group of super bowl commercials in any of the last 20 years.


35 posted on 02/05/2007 9:55:21 AM PST by joebuck
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To: Loud Mime

I don't understand...I thought that the average American wasn't thinking enough about the war, and just going on with everyday life, like it wasn't happening? Now that we have commercials with these undertones, why are people upset?


36 posted on 02/05/2007 9:55:30 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: Kirkwood

"don't ask , don't tell"--see the connection??


37 posted on 02/05/2007 9:55:31 AM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: Loud Mime
From the article about another commercial: The problem with the spot, created internally at Prudential, was that whenever the announcer said, “a rock” — invoking the Prudential logo, the rock of Gibraltar — it sounded as if he were saying, yes, “Iraq.”

I got Iraq!

38 posted on 02/05/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Samoans: The (low) wage slaves in the Pelosi-Starkist complex.)
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To: Loud Mime

Robert Goulet was clearly crawling on the ceiling because of the Iraq situation.

I don't know why everyone is being so cynical about this article.

I mean, IT'S OBVIOUS.


39 posted on 02/05/2007 9:58:39 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Loud Mime

The snickers ad was disgusting ...


40 posted on 02/05/2007 9:58:41 AM PST by clamper1797 (What's black and brown and looks good on a lawyer ... a pair of Doberman's)
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