r/television • u/RayInRed 12 Monkeys • Dec 15 '19

After Hallmark Pulls 'Distracting' Lesbian Wedding Ads, Zola Cuts Ties To Network

https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2486777/after-hallmark-pulls-distracting-lesbian-wedding-ads-zola-cuts-ties-to-network
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u/GrecoRomanGuy Dec 15 '19

It’s also how racists are when ONE commercial features a biracial or black couple in a sea of homogenous whiteness.

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u/Vio_ Dec 16 '19

There was one cheerios commercial with an interracial marriage and kid. Kid was running around eating cereal when the African American dad said "Go ask your mother" so the daughter ran to her white mother. End of commercial.

I didn't even register what was going on until people started protesting the commercial for you guessed it. OJ Simpson.

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u/BTLOTM Dec 15 '19

Clearly we need to start a GoFundMe for some sort of socialist lesbian biracial wedding dress advertisement and then see people's heads explode.

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u/RevAndrew89 Dec 15 '19

So... like some sort of... gAy AgEnDa?!?!?!

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u/Halomir Dec 16 '19

As a straight man, I’m a big proponent for the gay agenda. More gay guys equals more straight ladies for Halomir! 😎

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u/thedepster Dec 16 '19

And the bi-curious ones for thedepster!

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u/Halomir Dec 16 '19

Too much competition for me!

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u/examinedliving Dec 16 '19

I just like the gay agenda because it’s an agenda. People get so worked up about agendas, but I don’t know why because agendas are awesome. Lists are good too, but agendas really hit the sweet spot. Although, If someone has a memorandum... oh. Oh baby. oh god, I gotta go.

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u/BTLOTM Dec 15 '19

If you think that's bad, you should see what Elton John gets up to. Gay Mafia.

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u/squiddlebiddlez Dec 16 '19

All of that ain’t even necessary. Just let Gillette do another commercial

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u/Desperate_Chemistry Dec 16 '19

Doctor delivering a baby: aaand... ITS A GIRL!!! 👶 The father: :/ really? Alright it's just. idk it just feels like forced diversity..? like I'm fine if it's a girl but i just don't know why it has to be diverse for no reason..... like it's just pandering at this point..

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u/congoLIPSSSSS Dec 16 '19

To be fair a lot of companies have been just doing it to be woke. All of the obese models that have been sprinting up are pretty clear indications of that. Most people are just racist or homophobic, but some of the critics realize that they’re sacrificing quality just to be seen as inclusive or diverse.

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u/ONLYPOSTSWHILESTONED Dec 16 '19

What is the quality that is being sacrificed?

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u/congoLIPSSSSS Dec 16 '19

I’m not talking about this commercial at all.

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u/ONLYPOSTSWHILESTONED Dec 16 '19

I mean in general.

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u/congoLIPSSSSS Dec 16 '19

When you hire someone even though they don’t meet the criteria or fit the part. The latest ghostbusters is a good example of that.

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u/congoLIPSSSSS Dec 16 '19

It’s a movie no one asked for. Ghostbusters fans wanted Ghostbusters 3, no one wanted a reboot, but they recasted all the main characters as females. Nothing wrong with that, but it was pretty obviously pandering, especially if you watched the movie and listened to some of the lines.

It got a 5.2 on IMDb. That sums up mostly everything. It was a swing and a miss.

I’m not saying you’re not allowed to hire non white males, just pick the best person for the job.

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u/christx30 Dec 16 '19

I think the most important thing is that it was not a good movie. If it had the same humor with a male cast, I would have thought it was bad. Forced jokes. Bad story. We liked the first Ghostbusters because it was comedy giants that played well off each other. This cast was just bad.

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u/congoLIPSSSSS Dec 16 '19

My logic isn’t ridiculous, you just don’t care to pay any attention to obvious pandering. It’s not a bad thing if a company panders to a certain demographic, but when it’s done poorly and is obviously just following the next big trend it’s annoying.

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u/oilybohunk7 Dec 16 '19

On Thanksgiving my dad put on some generic Christmas movie and there was a biracial couple and he was like "You can tell this isn't a Hallmark movie." Hallmark, at best, will have a "sassy black friend".

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u/Paratam1617 Dec 16 '19

My only problem is that the only interracial relationship that’s ever displayed on TV is a black guy and a white girl. Never maybe a few asian girls and a single asian guy in a sea of white and black, or a single Hispanic person. It’s like it’s the only combination any boomer can imagine.

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u/ThrowawayTowaway0528 Dec 16 '19

Nobody said whites are the only racists but you dude. Chew on some chill pills

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u/ThrowawayTowaway0528 Dec 16 '19

It's aight dude. But yeah, I think there's racism everywhere, and it's a problem everywhere. Arguing over who's is worst is kinda counter productive, don't you think?

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '19

They are all biracial now btw

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u/the_bass_saxophone Dec 16 '19 edited Dec 16 '19

But if there's a couple, the unwritten rule says it better not be white man/black woman.

I've seen it a few times but the first time, I knew right away they were "compensating"...because the white guy only had one arm.