Saturday, February 03, 2007

Have You Ever Made a Really Big Mistake?


Would SOMEBODY explain the poster for this new Eddie Murphy movie to me? Why does it list Murphy's name twice? I'd assume it was a lone printing error but this is how it appears all over the place. I don't get it. They don't even offer a credit for the plus-size Afro-American woman who clearly shares screentime with Mr. Murphy...

Unless...

It couldn't be that the woman is actually Eddie Murphy under mounds of prosthetics, could it? But she's far too convincing! And how could he be playing both parts simultaneously? Why, he'd have to be some kind of acting genius!

This is an internet advert I just came across. (I've taken care to blot out the company information.) A fairly crass shill for life insurance. It's a bit conspicuous that the little girl refers to her mother as "mommy", yet addresses her father with a slightly more formal "Dad".

The ellipsis almost renders the question into a veiled threat.

In fact, the little girl's head is turned downward as she poses the theoretical. Arguably implying that her father is in fact already lying on the ground. Gasping for breath. Grasping for the bottle of pills he desperately needs. And mother and daughter hold hands and stare solemnly down at him. Prescription pills within reach. Waiting for his answer...

"... but what's in it for us...?"

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