Monday, February 4, 2013

Rapey ad! (Is Rapey a word?)

So there was a Superbowl. There were ads. A lot had lots of sexy ladies, hunky dudes, and beer. (Truth time, I didn't watch the game, nor have I gone to Hulu to view the ads, I am totally guessing.) And then there was this commercial:


Then I heard that some people got in a roar and then other people shot back and then this guy wrote this:

Why Are Conservatives Defending Audi’s Rapey Super Bowl Ad? By Joel Mathis on the Philly Mag Blog

Now first things first: Rape in not a good thing. It is an evil thing.
Second: I hope that I am a bit more than the average male in the terms of enlightenment, but I am me, so my perspective is mine.

Third: No, no, no, the word Rapey is not a word nor should it be. It reduces the meaning of the word to a lesser evil. Like I only kind of killed that guy, I mean sure I killed him, but just lightly. So my first reaction is that the writer is behaving like a dill weed.

Now here's my two bits: I personally say that this is not a video of forced sex acts. This is a video of a teen romance like any 80's teen movie were the geek gets the girl. This is also a car commercial and is trying to get geeks who are watching the game (for the commercials I assume) to buy cars. This video also pokes fun at the Prom King, who stereotypically is a football player, which is rather funny when one thinks about the place where/when this was aired.

Lastly, Rapey is still not a word, and Mr. Mathis should be sorry he penned it.

Thanks for reading,

E

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