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I don't know if this is a nationally televised commercial but Yellow Pages has this T.V. commercial stating that you could find anything in 24 hours. I saw one today where they ask this man to become an investment banker in 24 hours. They guy has on overalls and very long, unkept hair. He shops through the Yellow Pages and finds a suit, an attache case and I was wondering what were they going to do about the hair and yep, you guessed it, a barber and the guy is saying "all this is gonna go" as he's getting his hair lopped off. By the end of the commercial he looks like any other corporate guy with short hair. Some message, huh? If that don't beat all, this guy only looks the part, he doesn't have a job as an investment banker, he's just standing in front of a tall building looking the part.
Chaeya
Dear Chaeya,
You are so right about the disturbing message this advertisement sends out. Apparently, they want to get the idea across that the length of one's hair is somehow related to his ability to perform. I guess maybe the longer the hair, the slower the person becomes due to the extra weight on his head???
Certainly an unkempt person would be questionable, but wouldn't this apply to both long AND short-haired people?
I wish someone could offer just ONE good and valid reason why it would be better to hire a short-haired person instead of a similarly qualified person with longer hair.
Thanks for bringing this injustice to our attention.
Tina
How true, and while they're at it, they might as well grab a black dude and wipe white cream all over his face.
All the logic is the same - grab a member of a discriminated-against minority, and "sanitize" him....
I've long ago given up trying to figure out what gets into the minds of these people. Years of going without natural insulation on their skulls must cause brain damage.
Oh, yeah, I've seen this awful commercial. I've been menaing to bring it up on this board for the longest time, but I keep forgetting. Thanks for bringing it up. I think ths commercial is a sham. For one thing, as someone else pointed out, they never actually MADE him and investment banker like they said. Secondly, who says he can't be longhaired and an investment banker? If you aks me, I think it's some kind of thinly disguised public "conversion" with no real purpose at all. I wouldn't be surprised if it were some kind of propoganda. The thing I liked least about the commercial, though, was the unemotional, almost scornful tone of the barber who cut the hair off. "Say goodbye..." I just wanna smack that guy! :P Ugh! I'm sorry to rant here, but this is, of course, a subject about which I feel strongly (as do we all).
Perhaps some of these complaints should be forwarded to the offending company... How else will they know we don't approve?
I haven't seen the ad, but it's probably another ad designed to manipulate viewers.
I think ads designed to offend people are more effective in making the viewer remember the advertised product--otherwise they wouldn't run the ad. A viewer may hate the commercial, but it gets the viewers attention and makes an emotional impression. Months later, the viewer may buy the product because the name of the product seems familiar.
The way I deal with it is I try to find other things to do than watch TV, because I don't enjoy watching TV.
YEP, You see the social architects at work (the devils).