I have observed that the TV ads tend to portray white males as bafoons, dolts, dimwits, clutzes, (you name it). When was the last time, in a tv commercial, you saw a white male portrayed in an enobling light. This is not done to other ethnic groups or women. Then, you add on top of that, the burdens associated with old age, and you have a formula for depression. If that isn't enough, you've got the whole pc culture arrayed against you with all of the nonsense from the feminists, gays, and other fringe groups.
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When was the last time, in a tv commercial,
Translation: "Help help I'm a straight white American Christian Protestant male and I'm being oppressed! Forced to be of the dominant social groups in the world's richest and most powerful country! Gosh, I wish I was a black atheist lesbian living in dire poverty in Africa or someplace, and then I could oppress people!"
Well, he has a point with the first three sentences. Not that it's the end of the world or a big deal, but it is annoying.
Wow:
xMinionX: Transporter was not a shitty movie, you silly person, it just wasn't a standard American movie. I will admit that the plot could do with the removal of some SYD (Suspend Your Disbelief) moments, but it comes out as a mediocre movie and a totally badass action flick.
* Gracie Allen of "The Burns and Allen Show" (approximate title). (Woman.)
Incorrect, try again.
Yes, women are never portrayed in a negative light in tv ads. Idiot.
When was the last time, in a tv commercial, you saw a white male portrayed in an enobling light. This is not done to other ethnic groups or women.
You don't watch much TV, do you?
"De white boy troubles!
Oh, poor, poor white man!
When was the last time, in a tv commercial, you saw a white male portrayed in an enobling light.
Redhunter: I have Tivo. :D Which means I'll probably stop watching TV when I go back to college where I don't.
As for you, posterchild, these ads aren't created and approved by large cabals of women/minorities. That's done by advertising executives (most of which, I bet, are white men) out to get people to buy their product/service/whatever.
Also, I have never met a single man who became depressed because of the way his gender is portrayed on TV. If you know someone like this, you should be a good friend and get them some help.
Alternatively, you could just lighten up and not take TV adverts so seriously.
Oh, hang on, Grammar Nazi wants a word...
"DO NOT END QVESTIONS VITH A PERIOD! END QVESTIONS VITH A QVESTION MARK!"
Thanks, Grammar Nazi.
Yeah, but look at the upside, dude: these bumbling, oafish, unattractive white males are virtually always shown as having gorgeous, intelligent, competent wives who are totally out of their league. I mean seriously, could Fred Flintstone ever have bagged Wilma in the real world? I guess women should be more offended than men, since the message sent to them is that no matter how smart and beautiful they are, they're still gonna marry a doofus.
And I gotta agree with Marlowe. If you're going to rant about being portrayed as a buffoon, it would serve you well to spell it correctly.
Oh, yeah. Because you never find patronizing Magic Negroes or Manic Pixie Dream Girls (or equivalents) in advertising. (Or Cadillac's new favorite, the Badass Cougar.)
Advertising is cheezy and exploitative by nature. It gets away with stereotypes a bit more than most media because it uses them for brand recognition. I am not defending it per se; in fact, I don't really like to think about advertising much because it reminds me of Anheuser-Busch hiring marketing genius to push insipid product. But as long as the stereotypes aren't too offensive (and might I remind you that the Bumbling White Male is a staple of comedy in general -- Tim Allen and Dane Cook wouldn't have careers without it), ads will keep using it.
(As if any demographic group is ever really glorified by an ad anyway...)
Lucky you did not say "women, gays, and other fringe groups". However, feminists speak for women, who consitiute half of humanity. Not really a fringe group.
I have observed that TV ads tend to portray people as dolts, regardless of gender, religion, seuxual preference, skintone or handicap.
The magical Negro trope happens quite a lot, and most Asian portrayals end up overly intelligent (I wish!) or speak abhorrent Engrish. And then the white male lead continues to persist some of whom are inevitably leukine or generic. Also, I'm surprised you think women aren't portrayed negatively in the media.
@Ens:
I'll wait till posterchild discovers yaoi.
Oh, c'mon! I grew up with females in movies or TV being "dumb blondes", and the most popular TV show had the "dumb redhead", Lucille Ball. We took that kind of stereotyping for decades. Now that you notice it (sometimes!) with men being treated like that, may I suggest that you "take it like a man", and don't be so damned sensitive, you poor little offended flower.
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