tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989955.post4466552935696170763..comments2023-10-30T14:34:16.722-07:00Comments on Men Need Feminism: Standing Up to BulliesJeff Pollethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789663140920958914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989955.post-18591294805788906562007-06-06T07:40:00.000-07:002007-06-06T07:40:00.000-07:00zm--I am old enough to remember the original ad, a...zm--<BR/>I am old enough to remember the original ad, and perhaps I should have made it clear that I was aware that Tomorrow was parodying it. I think, though, to the extent that we're to think of Reid as a wimp for not standing up to Bush Jr. (rather than to think of him as not standing by his professed values for ending the war, say), Tomorrow is buying into a false dichotomy. Is he buying into it wholesale? Nope--after all, this <I>is</I> a parody. But I'd rather him not buy into it at all.Jeff Pollethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789663140920958914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989955.post-56451476254234907702007-06-06T05:35:00.000-07:002007-06-06T05:35:00.000-07:00Unlike the original ad, in Tomorrow's strip neithe...Unlike the original ad, in Tomorrow's strip neither the tough guy nor the bully is "the ideal man". They both suck. However, one could read the implication that if only the dems were to toughen up they might succeed. I'm not sure to what extent Tomorrow is buying into the dichotomy and to what extent he's just manipulating and exposing it.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492294499781518531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989955.post-577683657035368202007-06-06T01:53:00.000-07:002007-06-06T01:53:00.000-07:00But Tomorrow is parodying a famous advertisement. ...But Tomorrow is parodying <A HREF="http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/features/atlas.asp" REL="nofollow">a famous advertisement</A>. While the original Chales Atlas beach confrontation scene explicitly endorses the idea that one must be <I>tough</I> to be a <I>real man</I>, it's not clear to me that Tomorrow is. Tomorrow is just using the well-known Atlas premise as a framework for making fun of Reid. I should think that a pop culture reference in a lighthearted work such <I>This Modern World</I> should not be automatically construed as an endorsement of the work being referenced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com