regarding richard roeper

[toastykitten]

Roeper talks about his preference for seeing "conventionally gorgeous women" in advertising, saying things like "If I want to see plump gals baring too much skin, I'll go to Taste of Chicago, OK? I'll walk down Michigan Avenue or go to Navy Pier. When we're talking women in their underwear on billboards outside my living room windows, give me the fantasy babes, please." Predictably, women get pissed. Consequently, Roeper still doesn't get it and remains a dick.

What I want to know is - who even asked Roeper in the first place what he finds hot? Does anyone give a shit about what he finds attractive? Why does he feel he has to inflict that preference on us? If he doesn't want to see normal-looking women on a billboard, I don't want to hear him prattle on about what he (or Ebert) finds "erotic" every week on the goddamn show, because really, I find him kind of gross. I'd rather vomit in a bucket o' poo.

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[toastykitten.livejournal.com]

I don't mind the company trying to find a good way to sell their products, because that is what they do. For them, it's like throwing a dart at the board and hoping they hit the target. This one touched a nerve instead. They actually had a better ad that I saw in MarieClaire, where they had pictures of lots of different, "normal" women with different hairstyles. At the bottom, the text read, "None of these women are hair models. Because neither are you." Then you see that they're selling shampoo and conditioner at the bottom. Now that's a good ad - clear, distinct message that knows its audience.

I get really irritated by men like Roeper who somehow seem to think the world owes them hot women, when a)they haven't done jack shit to earn it and b)they still seem to believe that "can't help it; just a man" is a legitimate excuse for acting like a jackass. Did you read his "apology"? It was more like "I'm sorry your life sucks" than even a wishy-washy "I'm sorry I offended you."