Reaction to women in ads soapbox rant

While I can see validity to Kilbourne's argument, the way that she goes around it just irritated me. Instead of focusing on the issues with good examples she over-generalizes and talks about all men and the how all teens think when she really has no expertise in either. I'm sorry, but the only way to know how a guy reacts to ads it to be a guy. Those ads don't provoke any violent thoughts in me. Call me crazy, but it seems like she is saying that guys can't take a provocative ad as simply that, an ad.
Instead, she assumes that guys will see pictures of a watch ad or a perfume ad as an excuse to treat women badly. I can't remember ever having walked by a billboard like that and thinking, hmmm while that tie looks nice, I have a sudden urge to go tie up a girl and take advantage of her. Let me go wait in the dark alley over there for someone unsuspecting to walk by.
I actually get offended when people start making generalizations like that. While she was on her soap box about men treating women as objects, Kilbourne completely missed the irony of her own argument. People should be treated as real people, but men are all dangerous knuckle dragging degenerates that use any excuse from popular culture to take advantage of the opposite sex. Ok, I see the pro's of treating people as real people. Too bad according to Kilbourne it only needs to go one way.

Ad appeal

Tonight while I was watching the news I saw a commercial for the Toyota Tundra. It showed the pickup truck hauling a large load of metal barrels or something. Then a huge metal wall dropped in front of the truck and it screeched to a halt right before it hits the wall. Then it goes on to talk about the brakes and suspension of the car.

This ad appeals to men's idea of what they need in a truck. Guys always need the next big thing and this one sure is big and shinny. Even though most men will never need the ability to haul so and so tons of junk, but it is sure cool to say, and that's what this ad is trying to get males to think to convince them to buy the truck.

One Act plays

I guess the plays were good for having a sophomore in high school write them. That being said, I didn't really find them enjoyable. I think the only one that I really liked was Henry's casting call short. For the ones that Elise wrote, it seemed like her goal was to confuse and piss people off. Dealing with gay issues as well as the Issue of God is touchy territory to start with, and when its condensed into a one act play and the written by someone who is still developing her writing skills, this touchy subject comes of badly. It was a good first start that's for sure, but until she has more time to improve her style I would recommend that Elise stick to less sensitive subjects.

However, I would like to congratulate all of the actors. They did a fantastic job with what they had. I have to assume that it is hard to project a character in such a short period of time and I think that they all did it wonderfully.