POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SUPER BOWL TV ADD BY CLINT EASTWOOD
CIAA-FAN:
DID YOU SEE THE ADD? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? HERE ARE MINE:
FIRST OFF, THIS WAS A COMMERCIAL TV ADD AND NOT A POLITICAL ADD. THAT THE GOPers CHOSE TO CHARACTERIZE IT AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT IT WAS JUST DRAWS IMO, UNDESIRED (ON THEIR PART) ATTENTION. THEY WOULD HAVE SERVED THEMSELVES BETTER BY SIMPLY NOT ACKNOWLEDGING IT AND DRAWING MORE ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THAT HAS NOW IN JUST 24HRS, GONE VIRAL.
INTENTIONALLY OR NOT, THIS ADD SUBTLY REMINDS THE AMERICAN VOTER WHO REALLY SAVED GM AND WHO HELPED GM BECOME AGAIN THE #1 AUTOMAKER IN THE WORLD AND WHO WROTE AN OP-ED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES LAST YEAR TITLED "LET DETROIT GO BROKE". (WILLARD MITT ROMNEY WROTE THAT OP-ED PIECE IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.)
BESIDES ANY TV ADD THAT WORIES THE GOPers IS ONE THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, WHETHER THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OR NOT. KARL ROVE, FAT-a** LIMBAUGH AND THE REST OF THE GOP LEADERSHIP ARE NERVOUS, YES, THEY ARE VERY NERVOUS.
:clap:
Posted at 03:14 PM ET, 02/06/2012
Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl ad: What do political ad folks say?
By Emily Heil
Clint Eastwood in a Chrysler ad that aired during the Super Bowl. (Associated Press) Forget dieting dogs and Ferris Bueller — or Mario Manningham’s clutch catch for that matter. As far as Washington was concerned, the biggest moment in last night’s Super Bowl was that Clint Eastwood ad touting Chrysler.
In the ad, the iconic actor gives America a pep talk that some viewers took as a coded promotion for President Obama. “It’s halftime in America,” he declares (but did he mean it’s “halftime” in Obama’s two-term presidency?). “We all pulled together and now Motor City is fighting again,” he says (did he mean the auto bailouts?).
We checked in with a few political ad and image-makers to get their impressions.
Jon Downs, a partner at GOP firm FP1 Strategies, says viewers might be reading too much into the ad. “It’s a pro-America ad,” he says, and it’s only the “oversensitized political climate we’re in” that gives it political meaning. But did it have a pro-Democratic message?
“That was not my take-away,” he said.
Downs, who might be best-known for his edgy work on Rep. Ron Paul’s campaign, found a lot to like in the spot, including the pacing, production — and of course, Clint Eastwood’s distinctive voice. The highest praise he had for it was that it was effective at — go figure — selling cars.
“It was a big, epic ad that managed to still be about the product and not the creative team behind it,” he says.
Democratic admaker Joe Slade White says the commercial struck the right balance between optimism and realism, and that its pro-America sentiment speaks to Democrats’ current campaign themes. “It was the best Obama-Biden ad of the season,” he says. “It’s about strength, and comebacks and coming together. Optimism can be very realistic, and they played that very well.”
One technique he found effective was the use of black-and-white images of Americans. Counterintuitively, black-and-white footage stands out in an oversaturated visual medium, and it conveys realism and authenticity, he says.
And J.B. Poersch, a Democratic consultant with SKDK Knickerbocker, similarly finds no overt political motivation behind the Chrysler pitch. But, he says, there’s an unintended upside for the president in a celebration of the triumph of American car-makers: “It’s very hard to separate him from GM and Chrysler’s successes,” Poersch says.
And here’s an observation with political ramifications: The ad struck an emotional chord, he says, for viewers who are wary but still eager to hear an optimistic message, whether they are shopping for a car — or a president.
soflorattler:
Clint Eastwood is not an Obama supporter.
CIAA-FAN:
Quote from: soflorattler on February 06, 2012, 08:29:19 PM
Clint Eastwood is not an Obama supporter.
PRECISELY. :lmao: THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE GOPer PARANOIA ABOUT A TV COMMERCIAL FOR CHRYSLER CARS ALL THE MORE HILLARIOUS, SAD AND TELLING.
Bison66:
I'M TELLING Y'ALL!!!
THE REPUBS ARE SO SCREXXED!!
They are ROOTING AGAINST AMERICA.
There was nothing in the ad that was pro-Obama. But the Repubs cain't stand ANY good news for America because they are SCARED that it might cause folks to think positive, which will benefit Obama in the polling place.
But now that they have made an issue of it, it has gone VIRAL.
CHECK the Chrysler website where people have shared the video with more than 2 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE!
http://www.youtube.com/CHRYSLER So, I'll do my part, too.
O0
Cholly:
Quote from: Bison66 on February 06, 2012, 09:25:27 PM
I'M TELLING Y'ALL!!!
THE REPUBS ARE SO SCREXXED!!
They are ROOTING AGAINST AMERICA.
There was nothing in the ad that was pro-Obama. But the Repubs cain't stand ANY good news for America because they are SCARED that it might cause folks to think positive, which will benefit Obama in the polling place.
But now that they have made an issue of it, it has gone VIRAL.
CHECK the Chrysler website where people have shared the video with more than 2 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE!
http://www.youtube.com/CHRYSLER So, I'll do my part, too.
O0
Did I tell you that I spent most of my early life as a political conservative? That I was a registered Republican for 20 years?
Now I am neither, because the GOP of 1974 has NOTHING to do with the gop of today. AT ALL. And what passes for a "conservative" today is what WE used to call a Bircher; someone waaaaay out on the fringe and out of touch with reality.
You are absolutely correct; these people don't give a DAMN about the best interests of this Nation... ESPECIALLY if THEIR PARTY AND/OR INTERESTS AREN'T IN CHARGE. :thefan:
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