tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post4777543031644435291..comments2023-05-20T06:06:39.949-04:00Comments on Cynical Nymph: Harry Potter and the Summer's Eve Ad? What?Cynical Nymphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-2749390392235947622011-09-28T09:04:18.560-04:002011-09-28T09:04:18.560-04:00As a Respect Enthusiast, I hate spending two hours...As a Respect Enthusiast, I hate spending two hours making myself conform to conventional notions of beauty only to discover that my date is a misogynistic twerp.Personal Failurehttp://foreverinhell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-9030178500199984632011-09-27T17:05:17.987-04:002011-09-27T17:05:17.987-04:00They make a fair Point. As a Vagina Enthusiast, I ...They make a fair Point. As a Vagina Enthusiast, I find it frustrating when I spend $80+ on Dinner and sit through 2 hours of Catherine Heigel only to find Hairy/Dirty unpleasantness as my reward.<br />Low tide at the beach? No thank you sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-68452007458195509972011-09-25T09:51:43.232-04:002011-09-25T09:51:43.232-04:00I loved it. It was funny, original and clever. T...I loved it. It was funny, original and clever. The ad has certainly accomplished its purpose (as evidenced herein).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-81403985548630615152011-08-09T23:05:11.891-04:002011-08-09T23:05:11.891-04:00Inappropriate is the word I would use for this com...Inappropriate is the word I would use for this commericial! ...and in a movie theater besides!!! Are you kidding me???? Summer's Eve: You can do better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-76886718453450011342011-08-08T17:46:24.703-04:002011-08-08T17:46:24.703-04:00I enjoyed it and didn't find it offensive. Per...I enjoyed it and didn't find it offensive. Perhaps you're being overly critical? The Harry Potter movies were, after all, rated PG 13. Any child of 13 knows enough by then to understand and PG does stand for "Parental Guidance suggested"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-18005426962743879112011-07-21T20:38:43.289-04:002011-07-21T20:38:43.289-04:00I loved it! Power to the V!I loved it! Power to the V!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-12929414511487404692011-07-18T16:03:21.903-04:002011-07-18T16:03:21.903-04:00Here it is on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...Here it is on YouTube:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxW_ZCd64tgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-39406922369675165862011-07-17T21:46:52.291-04:002011-07-17T21:46:52.291-04:00http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.you...http://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-RosLrkIwZA&h=tAQAnwXwf&refid=0. .................I laughed like an idiot for like ten minutes wtf!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-43660126849557975912011-07-17T19:22:14.182-04:002011-07-17T19:22:14.182-04:00Humor is the great disarmer, isn't it? Some p...Humor is the great disarmer, isn't it? Some people crack a joke to break the ice, some employ humor to distance themselves from pain. Laughing at the same kinds of jokes can let you know when you have convergent views with someone else and let you know that you can let your PC guard down around them. In the realm of feminism/anti-feminism, I find humor can be an especially bludgeon-worthy tool, since it's so easy to pull out the "humorless feminist" trope. (The other end of the spectrum being the "overly emotional feminist.")Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-20046474535533446722011-07-17T19:01:33.068-04:002011-07-17T19:01:33.068-04:00Great post CN. I think it's interesting how so...Great post CN. I think it's interesting how so many people are willing to overlook the negative connotations that underpin humor, which in this instance seem to be quite anti-women as whole beings. And whole beings who get to make choices about whom they will bestow V-time on, etc.Marziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095675159000283648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-16599843884041732442011-07-17T16:09:08.822-04:002011-07-17T16:09:08.822-04:00Yes, please show a link when you find the video of...Yes, please show a link when you find the video of it, I saw it at the theater, and for some strange reason i liked it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-52289170626041381342011-07-17T15:45:04.296-04:002011-07-17T15:45:04.296-04:00Thanks, B.Reed :)
As to only focusing on the humo...Thanks, B.Reed :)<br /><br />As to only focusing on the humor over examining the subtext and the context of an ad, how are we ever to grow and learn if we don't examine the things around us and ask where they came from, what motivated their creation, and what they mean? That's what I'm interested in doing when discussing this ad.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-58657917509822302492011-07-17T15:19:56.782-04:002011-07-17T15:19:56.782-04:00Personally, everyone in the theatre I went to died...Personally, everyone in the theatre I went to died laughing. If your crowd didn't, maybe they just were a little slow to get what was implied answer at the end. Sure there's a lot to consider about the background analysis of the ad, but all in all, it was intended to be humorous, and it achieved that very well when I seen it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-14931755766126752482011-07-17T15:14:59.511-04:002011-07-17T15:14:59.511-04:00Love it.
I was stunned after watching this comme...Love it. <br /><br />I was stunned after watching this commercial last night before Transformers: Dark of the Moon. I really wanted to know what “it” was ... it was like The Matrix teaser trailers: what the hell is this movie about? Then, after watching it, it's like you've had the best experience of your life. Not so with this damn commercial.<br /><br />Your article is the first I’ve seen offering intelligent feminist commentary! I was searching for something on bitchmedia.com or the Ms. Blog. I haven’t found anything yet. Maybe the commercial is too new. I don’t know if just anyone can contribute to the Ms. Blog, but I think that your piece has great things to say.B.Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-58608515439737091822011-07-17T14:38:12.618-04:002011-07-17T14:38:12.618-04:00But why are men "known to think with their ge...But why are men "known to think with their genital"? Judging by the men in my life, I just can't view men that way as a whole. I think one of the hallmarks of feminism is that it doesn't only hold women to a higher standard in terms of getting out there and fighting for equal recognition of themselves as full, autonomous human beings - it also holds men to a higher standard of behavior than a lot of "me Tarzan you Jane" rhetoric you see from the Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus line of thinking. I fully believe that men are capable of functioning from their brains, not from their gonads, and that belief bears itself out in my own life, with the men and boys I know. Not that all the men I know are perfect, but from what I have observed, the mistakes and the accomplishments that men and women make really aren't so different.<br /><br />What truly bothers me about the culture that produced this ad is that the ad is just another iteration of "viewing woman through the lens of man." The women's agency in the ad is directly derived from how their vaginas relate to men. Cleopatra's empire has nothing to do with her strategy, her notoriously maddening and alluring political personality, her ruthless refusal to compromise. Nope, it's her vagina and how much Caesar and Antony want to get busy with it.<br /><br />Again: Did I chuckle? Yes, I chuckled. But, in the end, the existence of the ad is more troubling to me than it is humorous.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-28929868624078716052011-07-17T14:27:19.098-04:002011-07-17T14:27:19.098-04:00The problem I see with the whole power to the peni...The problem I see with the whole power to the penis comparison that keeps being mentioned is that in our society, men are known to think with their genitals. And trust me, they are not interested in a woman at first glance because they say, hey, she has a great personality, or even hey, she looks like she's got a great mind! I look at it as an ad mocking men and how they think, not that women are just a body part. As sad and true as it may be, this ad comes close to the truth with many men, and I did not say all, but many men do look at a female and only see body parts. Hence the reason breast augmentatuon is so popular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-29379476281010474382011-07-17T13:22:35.782-04:002011-07-17T13:22:35.782-04:00Babba-Gi, that movie sounds really interesting! I...Babba-Gi, that movie sounds really interesting! I will have to hunt it down here.<br /><br />As to the idea of taking things like this ad too seriously or not having a sense of humor at the same time as we have a sense of empowerment, I defy both of those assertions. This ad (nor the Axe ads) doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's perfectly acceptable to winnow women down to their body parts, just as it's perfectly acceptable to depict young men as only interested in getting laid. (Not that the Axe ads are any more flattering to women - they portray women as mindless creatures whose every evolved impulse is overridden by an olfactory response.)<br /><br />The idea of a "power of the penis" ad is ridiculous partly because it's so hard to imagine men's contributions to society arising solely from their possession of a phallus. That's what's troubling about the mindset this ad springs from, if not the ad itself. The ad itself might be tongue-in-cheek (I think it is, for the most part), but the cultural premise of woman-as-discrete-body-parts that supports the ad is troubling.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-14030871046906800832011-07-17T13:15:01.258-04:002011-07-17T13:15:01.258-04:00We went to see the movie "Queen To Play"...We went to see the movie "Queen To Play" yesterday. It was a wonderful French movie about a middle aged woman who is a hotel maid in Corsica. Unlike most French movies that depict woman as sexual objects this film was about an intelligent, motivated self-affirming woman who to the chagrin of her family, employer and community becomes a chess champion. It was so ironic that before this film started we had to watch that tasteless Summer's Eve commercial. I thought it was almost a disclaimer for the movie we came to enjoy. I said to my wife "At least this isn't the Harry Potter movie".Babba-Gihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749282214414977968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-18943257824647979612011-07-17T13:13:15.005-04:002011-07-17T13:13:15.005-04:00Funny ad. I don't see men complaining about th...Funny ad. I don't see men complaining about the Axe commercials. I think they are ridiculous ads, but some are funny. Same with the summers eve ads, and this one happens to be on my list of funny ads!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-84059866417876890132011-07-17T13:05:04.030-04:002011-07-17T13:05:04.030-04:00I saw this ad yesterday. I thought it was hilariou...I saw this ad yesterday. I thought it was hilarious as did my husband. I think some people are thinking way into this ad. It was funny!!!! Maybe not the most appropriate place to put a summers eve ad, but children won't understand anyway. And if the last Harry Potter movie can have mother Wesley say.the word Bitch in it....then it must not be a movie strictly for young minds. Funny ad, some women take the female empowerment stuff way too seriously....we can be strong, empowered, brilliant and have a sense of humor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-31485712446782025782011-07-17T13:04:05.103-04:002011-07-17T13:04:05.103-04:00I saw this ad at Horrible Bosses and immediately w...I saw this ad at Horrible Bosses and immediately wondered if it was showing only at R rated movies. I didn't find this funny or cool -- completely inappropriate. Would a "power of the penis" ad be though of as funny?LenaOhmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-79214556679366445932011-07-17T12:30:31.300-04:002011-07-17T12:30:31.300-04:00Bad Teacher seems like a wholly less surprising ch...Bad Teacher seems like a wholly less surprising choice with which to present this ad, no?<br /><br />I realized when I wrote this post that I would risk being the "humorless feminist" by looking into more deeply than having gotten a chuckle.<br /><br />However, I just couldn't get beyond the suggestion (one that seems to be backed up in the print ads) that Cleopatra of all people owed her entire sum of wealth and power... to her vagina. From there it was hard not to extrapolate.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-21805318015872160432011-07-17T11:26:23.137-04:002011-07-17T11:26:23.137-04:00I saw it while viewing Bad Teacher with my boyfrie...I saw it while viewing Bad Teacher with my boyfriend...We both cracked up laughing. I thought it was fabulous and waaaaay funnier than the movie! Just proved to me that men are willing to fight and die for us! I immediately tried to find this commercial on the internet, to no avail...thought it deserved an A+!Angie Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-28851674443826142932011-07-17T09:37:01.749-04:002011-07-17T09:37:01.749-04:00I thought it was hilarious...sure not the best tas...I thought it was hilarious...sure not the best taste but I and all my girlfriends where cracking up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29046284.post-22857745904806957332011-07-17T03:24:37.800-04:002011-07-17T03:24:37.800-04:00YES! Hahahahha. We saw that same commercial. The...YES! Hahahahha. We saw that same commercial. The entire theater was cracking up.TheDruidPlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987982433352538161noreply@blogger.com