Wednesday, October 01, 2014
What's Fun To Watch Today
On the net, that is. You might begin with this Republican voter ad aimed at women. It's utterly hilarious:
Note the equation between picking a bridegroom (or a bridal dress!) and picking a candidate, the attempt to make the debate a mother-daughter one and the idea that political issues are like the cost of a wedding dress. I love it because it shows how very hard someone thought about how to interest women in the Republican Party, then the light bulb: weddings!
Besides, I thought that prospective brides are supposed to be Bridezillas who want to the most expensive wedding dress possible? At least that's the danger with the stereotyping the Republican Party does here.
To balance out that one, Nadia Kamil does feminist burlesque