"Offensive" Danica Patrick Commercial

[chrysalis]

I've heard some people in the community say this is offensive, but I think it is casting CD etc. in slightly positive light. Sure she acknowledges that people might be offended, but then she praises it.

Danica Patrick Commercial - Boost Mobile

What are your thoughts?

[Nero]

I don't find it offensive. I agree with you it's nothing against CDs, just acknowledging them. And it's pretty obvious the actors are meant to be CDs and not TS.

[Michelle.]

I found that funny. People need to lighten up.

Theres probably 10,000 auto mechanics in the US who would consider the "dress code" a very small price to pay in order to get a spot on Danica's pitcrew.

[V M]

Yeah...I got a kick out of it too  Lighten up  Not everything that features CDs or TG people is offensive. I thought the crew did a great job no matter how they're dressed is what stuck in my mind. If anything it was good press 

[NicholeW.]

The ad, imo, is not positive nor is it negative. It's a freakin ad and is meant to sell a product!

It's not hateful or holding up trans-folk to ridicule. To some extent it might even be seen as positive insofar as it helps to break down stereotypes and normalize "cross-dressing."

I've noticed that when one is a hammer one usually sees everything as a nail.    

More discussion of it at https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,60627.msg390353.html#msg390353

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[tekla]

It's no more 'offensive' than any of the other spots run for Go Daddy.  I was kinda amazed them good old boys could move that fast in them heels.

[Mister]

Offensive?  No, more like commentary on the role reversal (and probably the sexism encountered that goes along with it) of beinga female NASCAR driver. 

[tekla]

She does not drive NASCAR yet.  That commercial is shot using CART/USAC style cars, which she does race.

[Mister]

Or that.

[mickie88]

i'm all for teamwork, as long as everything is protected i wouldn't care how they dressed. what matters is to win races, or in some drivers cases just finish them safely. i think if somebody like Jimmie Johnson had done the commercial then peeps would be severely worried, but it's Danica, it's a wonderful commercial. but i'm partial to anything Danica anways  . the girl i have at work who runs asset protection looks a lot like her but has better curves   

[Miniar]

Didn't find it offensive. Didn't see it as positive either.
What I saw was a poor pun commercial..

[Princess Katrina]

Not at all offensive, but I do think it was a horrible commercial in general, like most are.

[Kara]

Not offensive in the least bit. Wouldn't it be nice if pit crews could really express themselves in this way and not get ostracized for it?

[MCMCyn]

As a post-op MtF, I found it amusing and not at all offensive.

BTW I worked in auto racing during my entire RLE, with no problem. None. I'm still involved to a lesser degree, and still accepted.

[Alyssa M.]

Mark another one in the "not offensive" column. It's obviously a reference to Danica being a woman in a "man's" sport. The ad wouldn't make any sense if it were Dale Earnhart, Jr. instead of Ms. Patrick, would it?

[V M]

Mark another one in the "not offensive" column. It's obviously a reference to Danica being a woman in a "man's" sport. The ad wouldn't make any sense if it were Dale Earnhart, Jr. instead of Ms. Patrick, would it?

I hear he's trying to enlist her pit crew for himself 

[mickie88]

I hear he's trying to enlist her pit crew for himself 


the sad thing is he MIGHT actually win A race with her pit crew, and thats sad for NASCAR's most popular driver

[tekla]

Her crew was good, but at the end of the day no one had been faster than Helio Castroneves all month, as as long as he was in front with clear air, no one was going to catch him in the last 30 miles.  Maybe next year.

[heatherrose]

It's getting to the point that I no longer wish
to be considered part of the "Community".
It seems that we're all supposed to be,
thin skinned, nittering dolt, cookie cutter
duplicates of the "Community" "Leadership"

What the PLOCK EVER.

Did "Uncle Milty"'s (or his modern equivalent)
drag gag offend you? If it did,
you really need to get a life and
stop presuming to speak for or represent me.

Milton Berle and Jerry Lewis

[MCMCyn]

thank you heatherrose, you've summed up a lot of my current feelings, perfectly