Apple announced the new “iPad” and immediately jokes about feminine hygiene products went flying. It would appear that MADtv beat everyone, including Apple, to the punch:
(warrning, it’s a bit crude and possibly NSFW, but no more so than most of what was on Twitter yesterday)
I don’t so much like Norton’s products, but I love me some Dokken!
This shouldn’t be quite as funny as it is. There are moments where the use of some terminology is, I think, unintentionally ironic, or jokes that are a bit too base. I’m going to assume that they were modeling it on Spinal Tap and choice of the word “flamers” is meant to be internally inconsistent to be satirical. Otherwise there were some some really bad choices that lose the message under the weight of the very problem the video was trying to address.
As satire, I think it’s great. In case you’re not sure, satire is designed to offend, push buttons, make you uncomfortable or flat out offend (ever seen South Park?). In that regard this video succeeds on tons of levels. It’s also a caricature that I think I tread dangerously close to becoming –seriously, PLEASE tell me I don’t come off this way on GotSpirit!!!– so it’s also a bit of a wake-up call.
Judge for yourself:
Ignatius from travis hawkins on Vimeo.
*btw “ignat” = ignorant
