Another fantastic clip for Monty Python's lovers
">
I do hope the subtitles make sense though!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Sport and Philosophy
I love the Monty Pythons and I am glad to try for the first time to embed this hilarious video. Please bear in mind that I work in Auxerre, which boasts one of the best football team in .. France. Unfortunately I am not a football buff to say the least and enjoy seeing it made fun of.
My sport is windsurfing and although some treacherous Germans have booked all the boards on Tobago, I do hope there will be an old one left for us to have fun.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Super Bowl ads
In an article published on February 8, 2007 in the New York Times,STUART ELLIOTT summed up his appraisal of the situations depicted in the ads in the headline: "Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War"
Here is an excerpt from this thought-provoking article:
-No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago. But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s commercials.
More than a dozen spots celebrated violence in an exaggerated, cartoonlike vein that was intended to be humorous, but often came across as cruel or callous.
For instance, in a commercial for Bud Light beer, sold by Anheuser-Busch, one man beat the other at a game of rock, paper, scissors by throwing a rock at his opponent’s head.
In another Bud Light spot, face-slapping replaced fist-bumping as the cool way for people to show affection for one another. In a FedEx commercial, set on the moon, an astronaut was wiped out by a meteor. In a spot for Snickers candy, sold by Mars, two co-workers sought to prove their masculinity by tearing off patches of chest hair.
There was also a bank robbery (E*Trade Financial), fierce battles among office workers trapped in a jungle (CareerBuilder), menacing hitchhikers (Bud Light again) and a clash between a monster and a superhero reminiscent of a horror movie (Garmin).
My favourites: Snickers, the ones about work and the Bud light "hitchhikers", that reminds me of a Capote short story.
Here is an excerpt from this thought-provoking article:
-No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago. But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s commercials.
More than a dozen spots celebrated violence in an exaggerated, cartoonlike vein that was intended to be humorous, but often came across as cruel or callous.
For instance, in a commercial for Bud Light beer, sold by Anheuser-Busch, one man beat the other at a game of rock, paper, scissors by throwing a rock at his opponent’s head.
In another Bud Light spot, face-slapping replaced fist-bumping as the cool way for people to show affection for one another. In a FedEx commercial, set on the moon, an astronaut was wiped out by a meteor. In a spot for Snickers candy, sold by Mars, two co-workers sought to prove their masculinity by tearing off patches of chest hair.
There was also a bank robbery (E*Trade Financial), fierce battles among office workers trapped in a jungle (CareerBuilder), menacing hitchhikers (Bud Light again) and a clash between a monster and a superhero reminiscent of a horror movie (Garmin).
My favourites: Snickers, the ones about work and the Bud light "hitchhikers", that reminds me of a Capote short story.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
