God damn it, I like Swiffer shit. I know it's all totally first world and junk, but using those is a hell of a lot easier than the shitty alternatives that are also marketed to clean a certain way, what with all the different "absorbent surfaces" and whatnot. Their commercials are problematic, and in a way that's highly annoying because am I really up later than I wanted to be discussing advertising for household cleaning tools? But here I am. It just gets a little old seeing a prim and business casual-clad female playing the other half of a god damned mop she "dumped." In the latest one, the presumed housewife, or at least the Person Who Does the Cleaning (who happens to be a woman of color), dumps her poor, unsuspecting mop in the basement and the voiceover states something to the effect that there's always someone else. And who is that someone else to replace the human female the mop was once attached to? A pink bowling ball, which turns to face the mop as "he" first glances upon "her." Its three, er, "finger-holes" form the "face" of the bowling ball, suggesting a coy open-"o" as a mouth. Come the fuck on. This is why I don't watch television. Without the convenience of DVR or Tivo, the commercials are inevitable. But I usually end up paying attention more to those than the program. Ugh. Anyway, here's one of the commercials--not the latest one, but if you haven't seen them yet you should get the idea.
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