There was a lot slapstick violence used as the punch line in a number of Super Bowl commercials. There was the guy who got wiped out by a meteor, the rock-paper-scissors match, a series of face slaps, even a jungle/office war.
The New York Times theorized that all the violence was the result of the war in Iraq. I'm serious. They printed this (at least online). Not that they offered any proof or experts who agreed, but hey, it's only the Times. It's not like it's supposed to be a serious newspaper or anything.
Now, this is not designed to make any statement on the war, but I'm guessing the trend in eye-gouging and shin kicking was probably just the work of unimaginative ad execs trying to appeal to young men.
But hey, what do I know? I'm now rattled at the idea there is a subliminal message to the Three Stooges episode I watched Saturday.
Take your pick: completely insane or completely biased. It cannot be anything else.
Linking violence in Super Bowl ads to the War in Iraq, and thus Bush, is more proof than any critic of the MSM needs to feel vindicated for their claims of biased reporting.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
By this same logic, the Super Bowls ratings were up because the war in Iraq has upped peoples violent tendencies expressed vicariously while watching football.
Sure as hell wasn't Prince's half time show. What a piece of shit!