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  • Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War

    02/05/2007 9:21:24 AM PST · by Loud Mime · 61 replies · 1,466+ views
    New York Times ^ | 2/5/2007 | Stuart Elliot
    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.