I’d wager my winnings from Hot Flash that we’ll all agree this video is creepy. Yes, it has the dreaded “breast-bared-but-nipple-censored” thing going on, but exactly how and why it’s so disturbing may be up for debate.
“This send-up of the new greenwashing trend in advertising will give you a good belly-laugh, if you don’t pause to consider the tragic fact that even human milk is not free from chemical contamination.”
First I thought it was clever. Then it offended me. Now I’m just confused. What do you think?
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I find it so strange that we're grossed out by human breast milk cheese, but not by cow/goat cheese? (And by we I mean me too.) Logically, this doesn't really make sense - cow boob okay, human boob ick? We really seem to pick and choose our "ick" around milk in the most arbitrary ways...
Anyone remember that episode of the Simpsons where Springfield mobster Fat Tony tried to feed Rat Cheese to Bart Simpson and his classmates?
http://deedah.org/cheese/facts.html
Posted by Stacey May
February 21, 2008, 8:59 AM
If it was an actual serious ad, I'd be a little concerned, but it's just someone's u-cheepy tube parody project. It's meant to be creepy/funny to make fun of worse commercials that are serious. I agree that cow milk is suspect, but this rightfully mocks some ways of relating to the ethical foods movement and some advertising. Let's critique real ads, unless the fake ones are seriously hate-inducing.
Posted by Myra
February 21, 2008, 9:09 PM
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