[cicero's_son]

I recently noticed that Dodge altered this commercial by removing the "silly little fairy" line. Without that line, the ad is pretty incoherent and pointless.

I suspected that the reason for the edit was protests from homosexual groups. Based on this article, I guess I was right.

What do you think?

[Not A Snowbird]

If the fairy in question was obviously male, I would see something to this.

But the fairy is very female. Thoughts of a gay meaning never crossed my mind.

That said, it's a completely stupid commercial.

[jocon307]

"Without that line, the ad is pretty incoherent and pointless."

Yes, it would be. My these fairies have thin skins, don't they?

[cripplecreek]

Maybe they should just use the Slim Jim fairy. He looks like he could kick some butt.

[Delta 21]

I noticed and thought the same thing. But about 10 minutes ago I saw it again and the "Silly little fairy" line was there again.

[Criminal Number 18F]

I think Bob Garfield has a tennis sweater and a harness load of Pomeranians, if you get my drift.

Real men don't even known what Pomeranians are. To us, all yappy little ankle-biting cat-wannabee dogs are the same.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[xcamel]

Sorry.. "Faery" (fairy) was never confused with "faggot" in the english language.
Dodge is pandering.
I guess Disney better go out and burn "Tinker Bell" at the stake.

[Navy Patriot]

I guess silly little Bobbie Garfield is upset.

[dr_lew]

I think the fairy's revenge on the macho man subverts the tough guy image that they're trying to project onto the car. It suggests that macho men are really "fairies," or interchangeable with them. The fairy remains the powerful figure even if the car seems immune to that power.

Who do you suppose produces these ads, anyway?

[singfreedom]

I thought the ad was kind of funny. I didn't even Make the "gay' connection!

[Porterville]

Have it herding sheep and making love to Dodge pickup in its tent up in Montana while fire crackers go off in the background and its wife screams, " you ain't going up their for fishing!!" and then it is a serious commercial.

[Porterville]

Have it herding sheep and making love to Dodge pickup in its tent up in Montana while fire crackers go off in the background and its wife screams, " you ain't going up their for fishing!!" and then it is a serious commercial.

[Porterville]

Have it herding sheep and making love to Dodge pickup in its tent up in Montana while fire crackers go off in the background and its wife screams, " you ain't going up their for fishing!!" and then it is a serious commercial.

[humblegunner]

What do you think?

I think only a fairy would object to this.

[longtermmemmory]

hmmm.. silly little fairies complaining about a faery.

It is far more offesive to have homosexuals throwing hissy fits every time thet believe they sexual fetish is correctly exposed as disgusting.

[Huck]

I think the ad is gay.

[Redcloak]

Actually, the burly dude said "Silly, little faerie", not "Silly, little fairy".

On another note, I'm guessing that Bob Garfield "doesn't like girls".

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"What do you think?"

I think that sometimes a fairy is just a fairy...and that people that live for no reason other than to be offended will find offense wherever they look.

[Mushinronshasan]

"So she wands him -- turning his Neanderthal getup into a wimpy tennis outfit, and his Doberman into four Pomeranians. "Oohhh!" he simpers

I believe those are Schipperkes, not Pomeranians.

[Captainpaintball]

This is the same Bob Garfield that trashed O'Reilly for going after a judge who suspended the sentence of a child molester.

So he is outraged at imagined homophobia, but dismissive of proven pedophilia.

[chemicalman]

I saw both versions, and they still have the "silly little fairy" bit on the commercial. Think it's a shorter time version.