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Originally Posted by Morningriser
Has anyone seen that new Snickers commercial with Elton John? Is it just me or is that totally homophobic? I mean the message they are giving off is when a rapper gets hungry he becomes Elton John singing "don't go breaking my heart" and his friend next to him tells him to eat a Snickers because he gets weird when he's hungry. So the rapper eats the Snickers and then starts rapping about women. To me that is more or less telling the guy he acts gay when he is hungry and they are saying it in a negative way as if it is an insult. Maybe I am just overthinking it but I'm surprised with all the shit going on over at Gillette commercial, no one else has seemed to notice this about the Snickers commercial. I assume Elton John had no problem with it but still...
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Yes! That was exactly my impression as well. Not sure what Elton's take on the commercial was... I assumed he was cool with kidding around with it.
Just looked at the Gillette commercial. I don't get why anyone would have a problem with it. Stop a fight, or bullying attack, or sexual harassment attack, that's what a good men would do, nothing strange about that. I just assume some agent provocateurs will use it to get some media exposure.
There was one part that was odd, or poorly shot... where a chic in tight clothes walks by on the sidewalk and a dude started to walk off to go talk to her, and another dude blocks him and says, "Bro, not cool, not cool". I don't know why it would be wrong to meet a lady on the sidewalk... I assume the writer or director meant to show a guy, stopping another guy harassing a lady on the street, but they didn't get to that... such as showing the guy catcall obscenities, or go up to her ask something obscene, or brab at her. Too bad they screwed up that part... unless I'm missing something?