I was recently on Pinterest (well, I'm on there a lot... I admit it...) but anyways, I came across this picture. So we've all seen the ASPCA commercials on tv and we all know Sarah McLachlan's song In the Arms of an Angel. When I hear this song, even if I'm not watching the tv and my roommates are, I instantly make them change the channel because the commercial is so depressing to see all the helpless animals to have been neglected or abused. I know, you are probably thinking "I don't really care about your opinion" or "Really?! You just had to mention that depressing commercial?!" Yea, I decided to take a stand and say REALLY?! I loved that song and now I can't even listen to it without thinking of such a depressing issue. Now I'm not against the ASPCA in any manner, I just want to say there are other ways to get the word out about your foundation without scaring the minds of children and adults. Can't the ASPCA come up with another way to publicize their foundation? I mean really, my roommate (who I will not name because she is already mad I made a joke about her on facebook... oooopps) she literally cries every time the commercial is on. And even though they have come up with new commercials that do not involve this song, this commercial has played so many times that it has become a part of our generations' culture and we all imagine the sick dying animals every time we hear it. So way to go Sarah McLachlan, you revived your career by making me think about helpless animals.... Now I can never listen to your music again.
So we all know that there are commercials or tv moments that help define our generations, they could be this commercial, Obama becoming president, 9-11, Madonna's halftime show, Justin and Janet Jackson's halftime show, or who knows what else... If you read this, leave me a comment of what you think is a public moment that you will always remember and will define our generations.
Three TV moments more or less defined my own generation (so-called Generation X): Nixon resigns (1974, when I was 9), the US Hockey team upsets the USSR in the Winter Olympics (Feb, 1980) and the final episode of M.A.S.H. (1983), the most watched episode of a TV series in television history.
ReplyDeleteI do not get sappy with that commercial. If I did, I think I would just go out and buy a dog every single time I heard it. Also, a moment that I will never forget on television was definitely 9-11, it was really scary and it felt like the end of the world. I remember I was in fifth grade and all of the teachers were really intimidated by all the information on the news.
ReplyDeleteI personally think that they would be just as successful if they showed commercials with overly happy animals playing and acting adorable for their commercials. We all want a cute little puppy rolling around on the floor and chasing their tail, right? We don't want to cry every time we look at a dog we adopted because we just think about how horrible of a place it came from. Although I understand the psychology behind the commercials, I would certainly rather see happier ones.
ReplyDeleteLast night I was watching tv and I am sad to say that there is A NEW DEPRESSING ASCPA COMMERCIAL. A new depressing song, new poor animals, and new reason to desperately search the room for the remote as fast as I can.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it amazes me how these types of commercials have such a effect on us. It reminds me of the commercials of the old man in Africa talking about how we should donate money. I cant help but feel horrible. But I think this method has the opposite effect though. Instead of donating, I feel too guilty to even keep the commercial on!
Right?! I am always frantically searching for the remote... Which just happens to always disappear in our room... I just want to see happy animals, let me see the effect the money can have on the animals, not how they are suffering
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