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(GEICO)'Cavemen' series gets a new criticism: It's racist
The Miami Herald ^
| July 26, 2007
| GLENN GARVIN
Posted on 07/26/2007 10:19:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: AZLiberty
Totally off topic, but look at those blue jeans (guy on the left). Back in ‘81, they didn’t just come off the rack like that. That is an authentic, perfectly broken in pair of jeans, probably representing a couple years of wear and washing. Very cool to see the real deal. That photo is also a perfect example of fashion wraparound. The young hipster guy in the modern Apple commercials has the same look as the guy on the left (who is probably 50 years old now). What once was old is new again.
To: MEGoody
I wish they'd replace the gecko commercials with more caveman commercials. Me too.
The gecko commercials are reptilist.
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posted on
07/27/2007 2:54:34 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: donna
Pretty funny that anyone thinks these 3-things go together in one person no matter what race they are.Well you obviously haven't met me, baby.
Not only that, I'm humble.
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posted on
07/27/2007 3:00:36 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(The FairTax and the North American Union are mutually exclusive.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
For those who claim that the GEICO caveman adds are racist, I just have to say, “he who smelt it, dealt it”.
To: Yardstick
You probably know this, but the “guy on the left” is Steve Jobs.
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posted on
07/27/2007 3:02:25 PM PDT
by
AZLiberty
(President Fred -- I like the sound of it.)
To: ovrtaxt
good dancers, great athletes, grand sexual partners and humble Now we're talking Superman!
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posted on
07/27/2007 3:12:07 PM PDT
by
donna
(The United States Constitution and the Koran are mutually exclusive.)
To: tracer
To: donna
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posted on
07/27/2007 3:19:04 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(The FairTax and the North American Union are mutually exclusive.)
To: SkyPilot
That’s Nagin’s New Orleans isn’t it?
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posted on
07/27/2007 4:09:54 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(If you agee with Democrats you agree with America's enemies.)
To: Sloth
Uh yeah...me too. With their roast duck with mango salsa, tennis racket in an airport, psychoanalyst, penthouse with balcony...
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posted on
07/27/2007 5:01:45 PM PDT
by
ktscarlett66
(Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
To: BykrBayb
It's really a show about acclimation more than anything, and that's something that everybody deals with, doesn't matter if you're a minority or not.''I don't find offense with this statement. It seems to me that he's saying that feeling excluded or left out is not exclusive to any one ethnicity or group.
I don't think there is anyone who hasn't felt at one time or another that they didn't fit in. A common human experience.
To: Lijahsbubbe
Believe it or not, some people don’t want to fit in. They are the ones complaining, because they can’t understand the concept.
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posted on
07/27/2007 5:43:24 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb
Believe it or not, some people dont want to fit in.Certainly there are. Everywhere. Across the board there are always complainers and whiners. I just don't see anything wrong with the statement that was made by Lawson.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“If we had technical advisors,” Gordon conceded, “we would probably fire them.”
LMAO.
To: Lijahsbubbe
Neither do I, except for the fact that he’s naive. But the complainers apparently have a real problem with it. They don’t think it’s possible for anyone to want to fit in.
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:02:30 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub ~ Þ)
To: BykrBayb
My biggest problem with fitting in right now is my last year’s swimsuit...... ;)
To: Lijahsbubbe
Try stipes.
If all else fails, go vintage.
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:25:55 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub ~ Þ)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
An artificial controversy designed to get free publicity.
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posted on
07/27/2007 6:31:38 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: hunter112
“Alien Nation.
Exactly. That series used fictional extraterrestrials on Earth to be stand-ins for all the prejudice that humans show each other. Even black people could be ‘racist’ towards the ‘Newcomers’.”
How can you say that, you stinking Slag!
/exhibition of geekness...
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posted on
07/27/2007 7:20:22 PM PDT
by
Old Student
(We have a name for the people who think indiscriminate killing is fine. They're called "The Bad Guys)
To: primeval patriot
“That said, I dont think theres enough material in the concept for it to be successful as a television series.
But then who knows given the rock bottom garbage itll be competing with in prime time.”
Totally agree.
But I for one didn’t find the caveman commercials funny. Not did I find them “affinitizing” to the brand, but that’s just me.
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