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bedsitter23) wrote2012-10-06 02:53 pm
bedsitter23) wrote2012-10-06 02:53 pm
Born to Butter
I am vigorous defender of Iowa, and often try to reflect it here. Still, you have to be careful.
Iowa doesn't take to people calling it 'flyover country', so it's a rough week for the state.
While last year, Iowa had to suffer through Cedar Rapids, an offense that they felt that city was being singled out for ridicule.
This week sees the release of two films based in the Hawkeye State.
I admit I know very little about Janeane from Des Moines, but it is a mockumentary about the Iowa caucus. It probably won't be in a theater near you, unless you live in a place with a cool indie theater like Des Moines (see... I am defending).
Janeane fooled the Register, Politico, and even got a hug from Romney; though I gather perhaps it's more Michael Moore than Ali G or Borat.
She never abandoned the masquerade, not in Iowa. Which was occasionally frustrating. “When I was at a Santorum event, a woman told me this harrowing story about all these emergency room visits she’d been through and how she owed $20,000 and how she’s going to pay it off on an installment plan,” Ms. Wilson said. “And then she immediately says how much she hates Obamacare and how much she loves Santorum and hopes he wins. And there’s a part of me that wanted to say, ‘Are you crazy?’ ”
Then, there's the higher profile Butter with Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, and Hugh Jackman. It has a political satire element, too; but takes place in an Iowan town where a young girl finds her knack for sculpting butter. Her talent puts her into competition with Garner and Ty "Phil Dunphy' Burrell.
Yes, I have been saving this story for about a month since receiving word from garbagecanmusic.
Of course, Iowans know the premise is silly. Sure, there is a storied history of butter sculpture at the State Fair; but it's not a competition. There's only room for one, and her services are the ones people call on when they need a Butter Mascot for their School's 100th Anniversary.
So, if Butter is American Idol, the reality is Elvis Presley. it's not a competition, it's a singular icon.
It's not either movie though that has the real ire of angry Iowans. Arby's is that target.
Arby's asks if you would rather have your deli turkey sliced in the back of the restaurant where you go to eat or in an Iowan manufacturing plant (which they imply about Subway)..
The answer is pretty obvious, unless your economy is supported by the local meat manufacturing plant. For good measure, Arby's made sure the sting was historically accurate by using footage of an Eastern Iowan plant.
Arby's has re-edited the ad (and I have seen the edited version) and though it should be effective (it's a poor cousin to Pace Picante Sauce's "New York City?" ad), you would think someone would have made sure it might not offend someone before airing it.
Iowa doesn't take to people calling it 'flyover country', so it's a rough week for the state.
While last year, Iowa had to suffer through Cedar Rapids, an offense that they felt that city was being singled out for ridicule.
This week sees the release of two films based in the Hawkeye State.
I admit I know very little about Janeane from Des Moines, but it is a mockumentary about the Iowa caucus. It probably won't be in a theater near you, unless you live in a place with a cool indie theater like Des Moines (see... I am defending).
Janeane fooled the Register, Politico, and even got a hug from Romney; though I gather perhaps it's more Michael Moore than Ali G or Borat.
She never abandoned the masquerade, not in Iowa. Which was occasionally frustrating. “When I was at a Santorum event, a woman told me this harrowing story about all these emergency room visits she’d been through and how she owed $20,000 and how she’s going to pay it off on an installment plan,” Ms. Wilson said. “And then she immediately says how much she hates Obamacare and how much she loves Santorum and hopes he wins. And there’s a part of me that wanted to say, ‘Are you crazy?’ ”
Then, there's the higher profile Butter with Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, and Hugh Jackman. It has a political satire element, too; but takes place in an Iowan town where a young girl finds her knack for sculpting butter. Her talent puts her into competition with Garner and Ty "Phil Dunphy' Burrell.
Yes, I have been saving this story for about a month since receiving word from garbagecanmusic.
Of course, Iowans know the premise is silly. Sure, there is a storied history of butter sculpture at the State Fair; but it's not a competition. There's only room for one, and her services are the ones people call on when they need a Butter Mascot for their School's 100th Anniversary.
So, if Butter is American Idol, the reality is Elvis Presley. it's not a competition, it's a singular icon.
It's not either movie though that has the real ire of angry Iowans. Arby's is that target.
Arby's asks if you would rather have your deli turkey sliced in the back of the restaurant where you go to eat or in an Iowan manufacturing plant (which they imply about Subway)..
The answer is pretty obvious, unless your economy is supported by the local meat manufacturing plant. For good measure, Arby's made sure the sting was historically accurate by using footage of an Eastern Iowan plant.
Arby's has re-edited the ad (and I have seen the edited version) and though it should be effective (it's a poor cousin to Pace Picante Sauce's "New York City?" ad), you would think someone would have made sure it might not offend someone before airing it.