They are more deserving of brickbats, actually. If they think by resorting to certain moronic stunts, they are able to generate good publicity, they have definitely erred big time.
Call me devoid of humour but I genuinely do not find anything remotely funny with one of their promotional clips for the pageant as it reeks of blatant sexism and is so disrespectful. As a matter of fact, the clip is in bad taste and only seeks to tell the whole world how they sorely lack in finesse.
In the clip that is uncalled for, a man is seen walking around in public with a leash held by a woman. Who would have thought that in this day and age where women have achieved greater emancipation, some people have to ruin the good work done by their sisters in the past by coming up with this pathetic and demeaning clip?
I am very sure had the clip been made in such a way that the woman was on the leash held by the man, numerous women’s groups would have been up in arms, raised hue and cry and condemned in the strongest terms imaginable what they see as an attempt to cast their kind as social pariah. If you want respect, you have to earn it. Regretfully, the public is deafeningly muted on this clip. Shame on you, really!
Many years ago, Samantha Schubert appeared for a Bufori advertisement saying something along the line of "I don't care who you are, but if you drive a Bufori, I am all yours." The clamour for it to the ad to be axed was very loud and clear but this time around, people pretend as though the clip is innocuous. What double standards.
Could it be that powerful people are behind the organising of this pageant? I don’t rule that out.
Anyway, I’ve never been a fan of beauty pageants in our country. In two particular pageants, I prophesised before pageants started proper that Elaine Daly and Andrea Fonseka would win and I wasn’t disappointed. It’s so predictable.
Suspicious? I leave it to your wisdom to judge.
Here's the offensive clip:
2 comments:
noticed that how everyone is staring at her? the uncle with kids, the ah beng bf, the teeny bopper in horrendous leggings, the blur kid, and do you wonder why?
it's because we plant the thought in her head, that she is beautiful. which of course elevates her to think she is high & mighty above us, commoners. which also gives her the notion that by flicking her hair for the 372th time, she is more beautiful.
arrogance is beauty's bestfriend.
but i liked the toy. err, i meant boy. do u know which training school he went?
I have a different view on arrogance, do check out my previous post on this topic. Arrogance is a facade comfortably used by people who are insecure.
As for the pathetic toy boy, I don't think highly of him. Not because he allowed himself to be subjected to this cheap stunt to further his ambition or fatten his bank account but for his stiffness and wanting to salvage whatever pride left in him.
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