Since my focus on my past few posts have been about advertisements, I've decided that I would discuss the influx of medicine ads. I was watching television yesterday, and within two commercial breaks I had seen six different medicine ads (Aleve, Excedrin, Slim Quick, Pepto Bismol, Tylenol, and Viagra). It's crazy how often medicine commercials are on television, which just showcases our problem with over-medicating ourselves here in the US. These 6 different ads were shown multiple times each in only a half hour segment in different commercial breaks, not including the ads for lawyers who want to sue doctors for using medications that have had adverse side effects. I can only imagine what the frequency of medicine ads are doing to children's viewpoints on medicine.
With that said, SNL does really well with parodying television commercials. One that plays on these medicine ads was a pill for "Racial Tension Headaches" by Excedrin which Queen Latifah starred in. The skit was absolutely hilarious, not caring about being politically correct and pointing out how ridiculous many of these ads are. The skit makes a point to show how white people can make unfair assumptions about black people that are extremely frustrating. It is great that in a PC world, there are still mediums out there that comment on the inequalities in a way that is attention grabbing and poignant. If you haven't seen this skit, please follow the link below!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1605/saturday-night-live-excedrin-for-racial-tension-headaches
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That clip was hysterical! I love snl. It never ceases to amaze me what new and funny things they come up with. Comedy is one of the best and most effective ways, in my opinion, to call attention to problems within our culture. And that is exactly what this clip does. good find!
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