High bandwidth, Ben Cohen spells out america's budget craziness in terms of oreos. It's at the other end of lefty expressionism from Abby Hoffman, and I think the "nice old guy who wants to make people happy with delicious desserts" thing is a little too feeble, like "old muff" from an old Tom Sawyer adaptation you've probably never heard of, or Orville Redenbacher, or that creepy guy from the Werther's Original commercials. But instead of the brazen marketing ploys which in the latter two examples amounted to "Please don't take food out my old mouth! It's hard for me to chew and my depends are full!", we're left with a guy who life has treated pretty well and who's exercising his street credit with the greenies. But wait a minute. Didn't Ben and Jerry sell out to Unilever, an evil corporation, long ago? So this is what the twilight of activism looks like. Thanks, Ben. Thanks for really representing your values. It makes the rest of us so optimistic when you who have sold out preach policy. Is this the best "True Majority" can do? Have you no options but the quasi-creepy former lactose vendor? Spokesmen are more effective on the attack. The cult of personality follows them around and people believe what they say. The personality of Ben Cohen says: "Don't be mean to me, please. I'm old and can't fight back. And I'm just a darn sell-out anyway. Shucks."
Time for a new spokesman. Don't worry, Ben can still find work public speaking at Macintosh conventions, or maybe doing P.R. for segway or hybrid cars. That's the demographic he's already got in his pocket, and there ain't nobody clamorin' to get in there these days.
Good cartoon, though. Good message. Yeah, I noticed.
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