[jmcenanly]

As a conservative, perhaps The Stiletto is being too literal but she believes the show is not about racial prejudice at all. It’s about prejudice against people who are – or are perceived to be – intellectually inferior by the elites. Clearly those Cro-Magnons are conservatives

Part of the gag in the GEICO ads is the perception that the cavemen are stupid vs the reality that they are quite smart. In real life, a caveman could not go through life on 'cruise control' like his modern day counterpart. He would have to think about a situation, rather than emote.

[theothercheek]

Yes ... and no. In one commercial, the caveman’s shrink gives him a doll and asks him to role-play a conversaiton. So he says what he is going to say, and then tells the shink, “He doesn’t say anything because he is just a doll.” Very literal minded.