The Projectionist II
When I was a freshman at Duke, I took a Film & Video Studies seminar simply called “TV.” A more official name was likely listed in the Automated Course Enrollment System (ACES) booklet. I can’t remember. My generally phenomenal memory has deemed that tidbit non-essential.
For my final project, I mashed up audio from CNN with highly offensive TV clips from the 1950s. The audio had a woman claiming television had gotten more absurd and more violent in recent years. The video took the position that absurd crap is part and parcel of the medium.
This JELLO commercial went a long way towards proving that point. But don’t just watch for the blatant anti-Asianism. Listen to the copywriter give himself a plug at the end of the spot.