Posted on 02/06/2013 11:25:13 AM PST by chessplayer
Rather predictably, many of last Sunday's Super Bowl ads have been criticized for supposedly being racist.
On NBC's Tonight Show Tuesday, host Jay Leno marvelously asked, “When will advertisers learn the only stereotype nobody gets mad at is white guys making fools of themselves over beer?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
“You knew this was going to happen,” Leno teased during his opening monologue. “Complaints keep coming in about a lot of the Super Bowl commercials.”
He continued, “Some Arab-American groups claimed the Coke commercial - remember the one depicting a sheik walking his camel across the desert? They said that was anti-Arab. Another group said the Volkswagen commercial - remember, everybody speaking with a Jamaican accent? Oh, they said that was racist.”
And the punch line?
“When will advertisers learn the only stereotype nobody gets mad at is white guys making fools of themselves over beer? Okay? That's the only one. That is the only one you can do”
Sadly, he’s right.
It appears the only jokes that are safe in today’s politically correct world are about white men.
But why should that surprise anyone?
For at least the last four years, America’s media have been blaming all the problems in society on white guys.
Why should commercials be any different?
Have you noticed that every home security commercial has white guys attempting to break into the houses?????
I. heard Jimmy Walker of the show Good Times on a radio show recently Ans said that show couldn’t be made today because of TVS reluctance to make fun of any black person.
I. heard Jimmy Walker of the show Good Times on a radio show recently Ans said that show couldn’t be made today because of TVS reluctance to make fun of any black person.
I. heard Jimmy Walker of the show Good Times on a radio show recently Ans said that show couldn’t be made today because of TVS reluctance to make fun of any black person.
Every commercial has to have a doofus, somebody who’s using the wrong product, somebody who provides comic relief. They can’t use a woman or a racial minority for that or else people will scream. So they make it a white male. Until white males start protesting and boycotting like other groups do, this will likely continue.
Thanks for your support. I’m lucky enough to have a wife who doesn’t treat me like a fool and is disgusted with the TV portrayals of the “typical” man. I don’t mind humorous fun-poking but the offensive ones, well, we just don’t buy their products. I don’t know if that tactic works but we do our part.
Yes...that's the leftist formula at work.
On weekends, when I occasionally stumble across the "lockup" programs on MSNBC, if I didn't know better, I'd conclude that 90% of the prison population was white. Mexican and black criminals are rarities on those programs.
The same approach was taken by Dick Wolf's Law and Order series. The victim was almost invariably some minority, including Muslims. The bad guy? Well, he was nearly always white and either homeschooled his children or sent them to private Christian schools.
Isn't that the truth?
Because most normal men don’t give a hoot. They know who they are and don’t need an artificial fake ego boost on TV.
Some people however suffer from an inferiority complex, and need to put down the other guy all the time, and to watch the other guy being put down on TV. Makes them feel good for a few minutes, and they buy the products.
Preferably the garage but there's no ironing board there and she might hurt herself on the tablesaw........
PapaBear, I waited 30 years to find “my man” and I married him promptly. He was smart, funny, capable and loved fishing. He fished while I caught fish ;). A good man is worth waiting for. Twenty five years married yesterday!
No doofus for poobear! ;)
” - - - the only stereotype nobody gets mad at is white guys making fools of themselves - - - “
Does telling this ‘White Guy’ joke make Jay Leno a racist?
What ‘White Guy’ joke IS Politically Correct in these Post-Racist times?
Will there ever be a time when ‘White Guys’ are finally accepted in our Society?
Will Jay Leno ever be able to tell jokes without revealing his repulsive racial bias?
Why does NBC TV tolerate such blatant racism?
This is a maddening situation.
Thank you! Because this is one of my pet peeves, especially in commercials. Smart wife, worldly kids, dumb dad. Total sterotypes, in 60 seconds or less.
WBill Jr. and I were recently bachelors for a long weekend while my wife went out of town. We missed her, and were glad when she came home, but...
We had a blast, no problems at all. No pets were harmed, the house was clean and still standing when she got home, chores were completed, baths were still taken, meals were (mostly) nutritious, we went to bed on time, etc etc etc.
However, at least 1/2 dozen people have expressed incredulity that *I* could handle such an enormous task. Or worse, referred to it as "babysitting". I'm my son's father, dammit, and while I'm thoroughly appreciative of all my wife does, I'm still quite capable of handling a weekend without her.
I am sick and tired of being picked on for being white.
Sadly, being called “Crackuh” and othuh lame epithets only humor me.
Here are some photos of her...
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=photo+of+Sally+Jewell&qpvt=photo+of+Sally+Jewell&FORM=IGRE
That’s not the case on “The First 48”. The overwhelming majority of the time, the perp is black, as is the victim.
They all look the same:
...the offensive ones, well, we just don’t buy their products.
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Same here.
I am willing to bet that your wife and I are typical of the average conservative woman. The women on our side know the importance of strong family structure and are usually comfortable with our roles as women.
Reminds me of the outrage over the Swedish Bikini Team.
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