Upon arriving home, Monte and I quick dropped everything off, grabbed up some food fixings, and headed over to join in a Superbowl viewing.
I mainly go for the commercials and socializing, of course.
There was some confusion about snacks and beverages, and poor planning. So Monte ran out and got some. What a good Monte!
The game was lame - even I could see that. Being ignorant of football doesn't stop me from having an opinion, of course. I should probably learn to keep my ignorant mouth shut, but nobody seems too annoyed by me just yet. Which I appreciate.
We all bemoaned not getting to see the one thing that would be the most fascinating: the set up and tear down for the half-time show.
The half-time show was good. Shania Twain was lame. I liked her coat, but the beaded bra drew gasps of horror. And she just was so - plastic. Next up was No Doubt, who I like alot. They just have such interesting energy. And they were clearly having a more genuinely fun time. I love how Gwen Stefani dresses. And the punk cheerleaders had us all cheering in glee. Sting wisely stayed away from his more recent commercial pop and did an old Police tune instead, with No Doubt backing him. They made a good match up! And Gwen joined in too. She and Sting clearly were having fun.
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petsnakereggie commented that it looked like they all three got booked to do it, and Sting called up No Doubt and said, "Let's have some fun. Don't tell Shania."
{snort!}
My favorite commercial was the Office Linebacker. I was also amused by some of the beer ads. I enjoyed Don Cheadle and his "Yay Football" ad. The "Crazy" one. The clips they used were amazing.
I was horridly offended by the "If you smoke dope you'll get pregnant" ad.
1. I hate our War on Drugs. It's wrong-headed, counter-productive, misinformed. You name it.
2. I hate our War on Drugs combined with our Beer Culture.
3. This particular ad combined everything that makes me most want to slap our administration.
- A teen is more likely to get drunk on beer than get high on marijuana. Therefore, this ad would be much more likely if it had been an anti-beer ad. We'll never see that, though.
- The only solution offered in the ad is for these people to be "the youngest grandparents they know". What about abortion? Adoption? Yes, it's not the point of the ad, but I couldn't help but notice it.
- Blaming drugs or alcohol when a teen gets pregnant is STUPID. That teen was likely already having sex, or was going to. The drugs or alcohol are beside the point.
The only way that ad wouldn't have offended me is if the point of it had been "Talk to your kids". But no - the point was "Marijuana is bad".
And while I'm sure there are cases like this happening - they are vastly outweighed by teens getting drunk, getting pregnant for no good reason, etc.
We have nothing better to do than this?? This is our biggest problem?? The ads were very elucidating about our current society.
Good heavens.
As Salon put it today:
"the histrionic, "Reefer Madness"-style public service announcements and the triumph of the beer-for-beer's-sake ethos, a weirdly dispirited message emerged: Get a job, any job, because the fact that your stock portfolio sucks doesn't mean you won't be audited at any minute. So don't smoke, don't do drugs and … buddy, you look like you could use a beer!"
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