This commercial is kind of like the shredded wheat cereal I ate for breakfast. It’s OK at first but the more I eat it, the less I like it. On the surface, this ad is fine. The message is one most people will agree with. But the more I see it, the worse it gets.
Lots At Stake. The wide receiver missed one pass and you’re going to pin all his life choices on it? Even Travis Kelce misses a pass now and then and he’s elite (but can he do two things at once??). I have serious doubts that vaping is what caused the kid to miss the catch. It’s more likely that he just sucks. OK, that was harsh, but he missed an easy pass. His dad must be the coach… “It’s gotta be the vaping because my kid is an athlete.” No. No sir… your son should not be on the team.
Ring, Ring. The ad reminds me a lot of this Public Service Announcement from “Saved by the Bell.” Anyone remember this serious episode where a movie star is on the Bayside campus to shoot an anti-drug commercial but he turns out to be a drug user? Hollywood, man, full of drugged up actors.
… and now I have SO many “Saved by the Bell” questions but I don’t know if they could ever be answered. Like, how did Slater time travel from the future to be a camera operator in this episode?
Will “There’s no vape in team” be the new “This is your brain on drugs” or “I learned it by watching you” or “There’s no hope with dope”? I can see all of that happening and hopefully in 2050, anyone searching for the first person to write about it will land on this post! Then everyone can say… I learned it by watching (reading) you (my post).
-Out of the Wilderness
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