Saturday, March 8, 2008

We are so advanced

There was a commercial for Levi jeans in which a man is in his apartment and begins to pull up his jeans, and a downtown city scape bursts into his apartment. He realizes there is a sexy girl in a phone booth, and yanks the pants up, transforming his apartment into downtown. He walks off hand in hand, or maybe hand in pocket, with sexy phone booth girl.
A couple months later, this same commercial is on again, only now there is a sexy man in the phone booth. The jean guy is still a guy. This commercial has suddenly taken a turn for the gay. I had no idea our society had advanced so much. Last time I checked it was still controversial for two women to kiss on network television. But now, here is a blatantly gay commercial for a very huge brand. I am impressed. America is making strides. But with most things in this country, it will most likely be one step forward, two steps back. In exchange for this commercial, women will probably lose the right to vote, and wear pants.

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