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Because of this dearth of female voices, companies are spending billions creating ads that can be nearly as offensive or clueless as Limbaugh's remarks.
Mini-impressions do count. And although you never get a second chance to make a first impression, you do get many chances to make the next impression.
The American recovery won't come from Detroit's dogged persistence. It will come from innovative computer geeks and social misfits. Instead of a pep talk, we need a lesson in computer programming.
Right now, this country is plagued by far too many leaders who can't lead. Leaders who look for someone to blame rather than taking responsibility. So what could these guys learn from Clint's spot?
We have to get this moment right. We don't get a do-over. Can America make a comeback? Let's find out. Our second half is about to begin.
It's been a bad week for the "Obama's-a-failed-anti-American-socialist" story. A stunningly good jobs report left the Rove-ites groping for a message. And as Mitt bumbles his way to becoming the nominee of the 1%ers, the Eastwood ad was the last straw.
"Somehow, in ways that I simply don't understand, some members of my beloved party are accusing me of throwing down The Gauntlet to make a Sudden Impact at the Heartbreak Ridge of our Absolute Power over the Unforgiven now and in the Hereafter," Eastwood growled.
Xenophobic marketing is worse than racist; it capitalizes on the American public's fear of being overtaken by other economies while blaming a nameless, borderless "Asia."
Why did the Chrysler Super Bowl ad so affect Karl Rove that he felt he must speak out against it? The answer to this question reveals more about Rove and the Republican party than it does about Chrysler or its two minutes of heart-warming, pro-industry salesmanship.
Did you catch the Toyota Camry Super Bowl commercial? Within 13 seconds, Toyota defies the expected heteronormative relationships that make up this coveted commercial landscape.
Clint Eastwood's appearance and words during the Super Bowl had little to do with Obama. For observers with a long political memory, it was hard not to think of another president when seeing that commercial.
This Super Bowl Sunday both on and off the field viewers watched the Giants and the Patriots. Between plays and at halftime, the off-the-field giants were Big Soda, with their ads for their elixir of obesity and diabetes.
If we want to take visual politics seriously, what Chrysler and its corporate Madison Avenue agency did in its ad can be best understood as anti-union.
We ought to be strengthening the rights of American workers, not weakening them with slickly produced, misleading ads.
We see a brief glimpse of Detroit's city flag and the Latin motto on it. In English, it means "We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes." It is as relevant today as when it was written more than two centuries ago.
