Alternative monitoring of popular culture ~ broadly defined ~ in the pursuit of deeper understanding
Friday, June 19, 2009
What a mess
This commercial from the '70s is illustrative of what one media critic called the depiction of husbands as "childish-but-lovable-goofballs." Once again, the ad is targeted at those who purchase household cleaning products, women, but why must the man of the house be the brainless mess maker? Have these depictions evolved over the past 30+ years?
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