Essay on Feminism and TV Commercials - 1344 Words

Feminism and TV Commercials Television commercials to the average person are a form of entertainment. They are also a way for people to see what is being sold out there in the real world. To a critic television commercials are much more than that. Depending what critical approach the critic uses he or she will analyze the television commercials differently. I decided to challenge myself and instead of using an approach that I knew about I used one that I knew little about. In my discussion of television commercials I focused on using the Feminist critical approach. I will discuss what Feminism is made up of. Then I will discuss and analyze six television commercials. Feminism has at least four different parts to it.†¦show more content†¦The man places the first pictures and says almost perfect as he places the last picture of the woman. Then the woman places the actual last picture and it is of the man. She then says, â€Å"Now it is perfect.† The picture again was in a puzzle format so when she placed the picture it was next to the picture of her. This commercial in little words states that a woman needs a man in order to be perfect. This is not true, but a woman who watches this and has a low self-esteem might believe it is true that she has to be dependent of a man. The next commercial is about a singer named Wayne N ewton. He is singing to a crowd of people at a concert. The women throw their keys of their hotel rooms at him so that he can meet them in their rooms. When the women get to their rooms they find out that they have been robbed. Wayne had been there and he stole their beers. The last shot of the commercial one of the women is shown a lone and hurt looking as if she had been abused and taken advantage of. This commercial shows that it is ok to abuse a woman. Many stupid men could take it that way. That is an unsafe commercial for women. 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