Quote from Stephen Holden of the NYT in his review of “Obsessed”:
This was the last graph of the review of the movie, which stars Idris Elba, Ali Larter and Beyonce.
Not once did I think of OJ and Nicole Simpson when I saw the trailer for this movie. Holden seemed to have pulled this out of his butt, or maybe he had some repressed issues about the OJ case. I don’t know. But slapping this graph at the end of a review of a movie that just happens to involve an interracial pairing seems “off” to me.
And Idris Elba looks nothing like OJ Simpson.
I’ve never really been the person to spurt out knee-jerk responses to sexist ads.
I live in Europe: Sexist ads are all over the place. My knee caps would crack.
But this one in the Zurich main train station for Saxo Bank takes the cake.
The thing is, it’s such a stupid ad with a stupid premise, I can’t believe it made it out of the ad agency’s conference room.
You know something though? I’m slightly offended as a woman. But if I were a man, I’d be even MORE offended.
If you’re a guy, Saxo Bank is telling you that this is how you look when you see a woman: like a dumb a$$…with bulging eyes and a desperate smile.
Saxo Bank is also telling you that you spend time in cheap surroundings. Look at the furniture.:-)
And last but not least, Saxo Bank is telling you that you’re such a brainless dweeb that you would look at this ad and immediately start doing business with them even though they have no information about the bank itself on the ad…other than the web addy (and something about a ‘multi-asset trading platform’)
If I were a man who was a customer of Saxo Bank, I’d pull my money out right now. That bank has no respect for you.
But I’m neither a man, nor a Saxo Bank customer.
Are you?
In this week’s podcast at the shop, we discuss ‘climate refugees’:
Whether termed ‘climate refugees’ or ‘environmentally induced migrants,’ those displaced in environmental disasters face many challenges, including holding on to their way of life, Dr Koko Warner tells the ISN.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
In this edition of ISN Podcasts, I interview NATO Director of Policy Planning Jamie Shea on the future of the alliance as it celebrates its 60th year and whether it has a place in today’s post-Cold War world. Click here to listen.
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