USA at the 2010 World Cup: Pop Culture Roundup
Dodge Muscle Cars, “Team America: World Police,” and Elvis: staples of America’s World Cup pop culture hegemonic discourse.
Commercials on Overthinking It
Clichemageddon 2: The Winners
Tagline: you’re it.
Clichémageddon 2: The Clichémagging
Nothing can prepare you.
The Kitty’s Journey: Joseph Campbell and Friskies
Does a cat food commercial provide the best illustration of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey?
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Our continuing coverage of that one Dodge Charger commercial
… and because I do all this, I will overthink the commercial that I want to overthink.
Bad Things Happen To You When You Use Our Product
1) Depict usage of product in TV commercial. 2) Show bad things happening to people using the product. 3) ??? 4) Profit!
Episode 84: That’s Not Sexy!
The Overthinkers tackle Super Bowl XLIV.
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Is He Really the “Most Interesting Man in the World”?
Is Mr. Suatz, of the Dos Equis fame, truly the Most Interesting Man in the World?
It’s Pronounced Oh-vair-theen-keen Eet
Why you shouldn’t like that Glade commercial you like so much.
The Musical Coding of Pasta Sauce
In which we explore the bizarre underbelly of a recent Bertolli ad, and the strange persistence of an “exotic” melody.