Wednesday, September 7, 2011

In a Pickle




Back in July one of the Sunday lessons addressed contentment in our societal milieu of dissatisfaction. This cartoon published on Monday captures in four panels the essence of my point with regard to the deliberate creation of dissatisfaction in the heart of the viewer.




Earl and Opal seem to be as susceptible to advertising as we are.

7 comments:

Secondary Roads said...

I seem to be missing something . . .

Vee said...

I'm often left scratching my head after watching Super Bowl commercials.

Sharkbytes (TM) said...

Most ads are straw men... they set up an argument just for the purpose of knocking it over..eg tell us we have a need and then provide the answer

vanilla said...

Chuck, and that would be...?

Vee, it is amazing the number of "spots" I simply do not get.

Shark, that's the technique!

Lin said...

There are a lot of commercials where I will say out loud to Joe "I have NO idea what they are selling"--so I guess it isn't just me, eh? I always thought the ad fails if you don't make the connection.

vanilla said...

Lin, major fail, spending much bucks to convey a message which doesn't come across. Oh, wait. Perhaps "they" are addressing the under-30 crowd in some sort of secret language, shutting the rest of us out?

Secondary Roads said...

I only see the words. You must have embedded a video, graphic or a link. I find nothing else.