Thursday, February 7, 2008

Shavings Shame

Have you ever wondered why all the manufacturers of razor blades got together and decided to pollute the minds of men and women?
Consider the 2 main components of every commercial that deals with the latest and greatest shaver with 9 razor blades:

1. A buff dude with absolutely no chest hair or any upper body hair (except a preppy short hair cut), he's got shaving cream on his face and is smiling as the new razors glide across his face (even though I guarentee he never had any facial hair to start with).

2. Cue the scantily clad skank who walks around the corner smiling and proceeds to sensually stroke the man's freshly naked face. They share a blissful moment with their faces close enjoying the newly shaved skin.

What does this whole scene/abomination say? It says to the men "Don't be hairy, hair is bad. If you want a woman you better be clean shaven and wax your chest hair away." To the women it says "A desirable man is a shorn man, a man who's void of any excess hair, that's the man you want."

It's truly sickening that these ads are allowed to be aired and damage the collective mind of our society. It's time we take a stand and get some new commercials out there with new components.
For example:

1. A burly man with a nice swath of chest hair and finely trimmed beard carefully shaves around the edges of his beard giving it a nice crisp look.

2. Cue the decent woman who comes around the corner, gives her man an approving smile as she runs her hand through his beard. The couple embrace, the man raises an eyebrow and nods at the camera.

Now that's a commercial! Not only does it make me want to buy such a razor but it gives the proper respect to facial hair. All you razor blade manufacturers feel free to contact me for further consulting, I guarantee sales will soar.

5 comments:

jdmill said...

I think hair is starting to grow on your brain.

jdmill said...

Yes, I said that!

THAT JUST HAPPENED!

Anonymous said...

Dan, I completely agree with you. I've been shaving with a safety razor from the 1960's for quite some time now. It's made out of steel so you know it's good. And, it has one blade. I also use a badger hair brush and some real shaving cream, not that canned stuff. Admittedly, the shaving cream is called "Nancy Boy" and it is made in San Francisco. But it smells of manly peppermint. This is the way a man was meant to shave his face.

il Dan said...

Why Jer, WHY?

YES TIM YES!

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