January 23, 2011

What does it mean to be a man? Miller Lite commercials tell us something about US culture

An interesting discussion would be: "does it mean the same thing to be a man in your country?" This conversation topic has been mentioned before.

For example Americans often think Korean men are effeminate.Two of the reasons are skinny jeans and speedos. We see them in these Miller Lite commercials. Interestingly the name of the ad campaign is "Man Up"

Skinny Jeans (Kirk Zipfel)

European ManThong (Isabella Grace)

Posted by James Trotta at 9:08 PM | Comments (0)

January 20, 2011

Cathy Cruz Marrero: Nobody took my feelings into consideration

Not one single person went to my aid.

These are quotes from Cathy Cruz Marrero AKA "Fountain Lady". Not only did no one come to her aid but fountain lady's lawyer says that mall security helped get the video on Youtube where it, of course, caused (and is causing) lots of embarrassment to the woman who fell.

The roleplay possibility is fairly obvious: Student A is fountain lady or her lawyer. Student B is the mall's lawyer. Student C is the judge.

Here's an ABC news video to help set the scene.

The Youtube video makes it fairly obvious that mall security saw this on their cameras and that one of them recorded it on his/her cell phone while having a nice laugh. Seems cruel but should fountain lady sue? And should she win? And if so, how much?

Posted by James Trotta at 9:28 PM | Comments (0)
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