Stereotypes and Cliches
The Eyelash is the Window of the Soul
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Who ever knew that a false eyelash could reveal so much about the wearer?
From McCall's for April 1969.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 30, 2011 -
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Category: Body, Cosmetics, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Women
Follies of the Mad Men #146
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 25, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Magazines, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1960s, Skin and Skin Conditions
Hiawatha
Enjoy a segment of one of the most-parodied poems in English.
I wonder what the official attitude of Native Americans is these days to Longfellow's work?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 12, 2011 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Poetry, Nineteenth Century
Follies of the Mad Men #141
How to insult two audiences at once.
Native Americans are bloodthirsty savages.
Women regard male conquests as pinning a trophy scalp to their belts.
Now: buy some Jeris!
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 16, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
The Bright Young Newcomer
Those daffy dames in the workplace!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 24, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Stereotypes and Cliches, Women
Bollywood in South America
Only Bollywood could turn Machu Picchu into a Hindu stageset.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 18, 2011 -
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Category: Movies, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Stereotypes and Cliches, Dance, Asia, South America
Pat Boone’s “Speedy Gonzalez”
A gesture towards better relations between Mexico and the USA.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 14, 2011 -
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Category: Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 1960s
Winky Doll
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 03, 2011 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, 1960s, Asia
Scatter-Brain
Nothing like winning over a woman by telling her she's an idiot, as Freddy Martin and his orchestra do in "Scatter-Brain."Listen to the song here.
Everyone who sees you says, fascinating face
Heavens, what a figure and, goodness me, what grace
Everyone who meets you must lose his heart, I find
Then he's sure to lose his mind
You're as pleasant as the morning
And refreshing as the rain
Isn't it a pity that you're such a scatterbrain
When you smile it's so delightful
When you talk it's so insane
Still it's charming chatter, scatterbrain
I know I'll end up apoplectic
But there's nothing I can do
It's just the same as being in a hurricane
And though my life will be too hectic
I'm so much in love with you
Nothing else can matter
You're my darling scatterbrain
You're as gay as New Year parties
You're as sweet as sugarcane
But when you get serious, you're such a scatterbrain
When we dance I think it's heaven
Till about the third refrain
Then you start your patter, scatterbrain
Perhaps I'm much too analytic
But I'm up the well-known tree
I've tried to understand your double-talk in vain
Yet, won't you please forgive your critic
'Cause you mean so much to me
Nothing else can matter
You're my darling scatterbrain
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 29, 2010 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Stupidity, 1930s, Women
The Dynamite Brothers
If this trailer appeals, you can watch the whole movie here at YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 14, 2010 -
Comments (6)
Category: Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, Martial Arts, 1970s
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