Here’s a viewer created ad for L’Oreal I found on YouTube. There’s the pouty girl and a self-absorbed guy into his beauty regimen–can’t picture them as a heterosexual couple. He’s a little too bitchy in his no saying and she turns into a frog with too much moisture, and his reaction says a lot. He seems to have some revulsion towards women.
Maybe it’s just me and my gayboy interpretations. What do you think?
Tags: commercials, L'Oreal, metrosexism, YouTube
I think, considering that it’s a poorly-acted, home-produced video, that you might be reading a wee bit much into it.
I’m trying to read the subtext of “made for men” = “turns women into frogs.” Women are dainty? Men are frogs anyway? I don’t get it…
In the fairy tale, the princess at least had the courage to kiss the frog. This one has none at all.
I can’t be too hard on him, as I’ve never been fond of touching amphibians at all.