“Equating daughters running off to join ISIS, with military women going into combat zones? Do you think the military families are going to have sympathy for the parents of daughters that support them going into ISIS? No way. There is absolutely no parallel to this. I’m pretty hard to offend, but that concept is offensive to me.”
Not sure if you understood. As mentioned the original commercial is about a girl going off to join the military. I didn’t like it since it plays off those emotions to sell cars. The spoof drawing a parallel between serving your country and joining ISIS may offend some people. I don’t think they see it as a subject that is very funny right now.
Okay, I understand more what you are trying to say, roshke. I didn’t see the original commercial, and this one looks like he’s sending her off to college
Here’s my question and I ask that you think about it: why do you, why do people generally care if something “offends someone”? Is everything supposed to be pablum, except of course intelligent people might be offended by diminution of sense required by pablum. Is everything supposed to be non-offensive and if so why?
Interesting what a difference of opinion people have. I think it’s not really that funny because it didn’t go near far enough. What they did was very milquetoast, and I’m surprised that anyone (except for ISIS supporters) would be offended at all. Fascinating how people see things so differently.
It also seems that the critique “too far” could be in any number of directions depending on how you read it. I couldn’t pinpoint how it might have gone too far. Too far towards what offense?
See, I don’t think they are insulting ISIS supporters. Instead, I think they are insulting the military because it’s a take-off on the proud dad who’s daughter is joining the Marines in the car commercial. But, most people don’t even realize that so it can’t possibly work beyond being somewhat funny with the surprise ending. Anyway, that was my take on it.
I never saw the original commercial, and this one doesn’t reference the military at all. But even as a woman who served in a war zone, it wouldn’t be offensive to me. I think the military appreciates ISIS being made to look like the idiots they are.
It’s interesting how many different responses and interpretations of the skit there are. In my view, the writers saw that cheesy commercial, noticed that a few middle- to upper-class American and European kids were running off to join ISIS, and got the idea to combine these two concepts. Thus, the unexpected ending to the skit. I can’t see it in any way other than mocking ISIS.
Well according to a Today Show poll (seen w/o sound while doing my cardio) about 45% or respondents thought the skit went “too far” when the question was posed like that. I still don’t see how it could have gone “too far” when there is no agreement about what direction it was actually going. Do the “too far” people think they shouldn’t mock ISIS? Are they the same people who think the bomb in turban cartoons went too far? Do the “too far” people also oppose all comic evil portrayals of Hitler and Nazi Germany because they don’t respect the gravity of what they did?
I haven’t seen the Toyota ad. I took it as commentary on parents worrying about their kids, even as adults, and on kids treating them like now that they are 18, they know everything.
And on ISIS being scum, which wasn’t emphasized enough.
Well, they substituted ISIS for the Marines which some people might think is a problem. But, I don’t know what is meant by too far by the too far people. They made the girl and her dad look like idiots but I didn’t see any ISIS mocking, really. Most good comedy goes too far for someone otherwise it’s not funny.