Comments on: Progressive? Or just for laughs?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:57:37 +0000

A Beaver in the USofA while trying to build a dam across a stream would slowly drown as the tampoon took on water!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:01:55 +0000

Of course, USA is just sexually and physically repressed. If it relates to physical functions, we can’t publicly acknowledge it exists. There is a great Dilbert cartoon where the female office drone asks to leave early. The pointy haired boss says no. She says she’s already worked like 80 hours that week, but he still says no. Then she starts a sentence “I have to go see the doctor for female …” and he screams “no details! go! go!” Remember to use that someday.

I would love to see the beaver ad. Here we just have the “male enhancement” ads with all the euphamisms.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:44 +0000

Though I can’t imagine an audience more primed to laugh at that joke that one tuned in to a Golden Girls marathon.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:17:35 +0000

I think a feminine ad featuring a beaver is funny as hell.
Would never see that on Lifetime during a Golden Girls marathon.

By: emmet

emmet — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:43:49 +0000

Beavers make dams. Dams stop the flow. Tampons stop the flow. Get it?

By: margie

margie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:25:49 +0000

Thus my conclusion that it’s just for laughs. It’s not really about politics but about humor. I think Americans take themselves a bit more seriously (or are at least a little more sensitive). I didn’t even talk about the ad saying Aussies were going to send the carbs in their beer to the people who really appreciated them, Americans. But think about the reaction that would have produced in the States. Someone would be protesting the ad for a lack of sensitivity to the growing obesity problem. I think what I’m trying to say is . . . whatever dude, get over it.

By: Becca

Becca — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:16:38 +0000

Actually, Australia is pretty conservative (as in, not progressive) in a lot of ways especially when it comes to gender and race. (Have you heard them talk about aborigines in the news yet? Have they made a national apology yet?)

I think Americans think of Australia as progressive because they have national health care and mandatory vacation and stuff. And because we mostly just think of hot tanned surfers who are like “dude. whatever. peace.” But I’m not sure that culturally that are any more, and are perhaps less, progressive than we are. And it’s not really across the board; it definitely depends on the issue. Anyway, that’s kind of the fun and enlightenment of living abroad …

For the record, I think a tampon ad featuring a beaver is decidedly not progressive at all.