Post: #1

"Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: How men would look if they had to pose in ads the way women are expected to."

I'd like to see:
Lindy West, Jessica Valenti. and Amanda Marcotte: How American Feminists would look at their credit card bills if they had to pick up the check on dinner dates.

I know, not the greatest insult. I'm sure someone can do better.

Post: #2

I'd like to see them put on full battle rattle and go on an 8 hour patrol in 120 degree heat.

Post: #3

Oh man, who would have thought that men look completely fucking ridiculous when they pretend to be women?

Someone post the female bounty hunter video and we can all laugh at how ridiculous women look when they pretend to be men.

Post: #4

(04-10-2013 08:53 PM)A War You Cannot Win Wrote:  I'd like to see them put on full battle rattle and go on an 8 hour patrol in 120 degree heat.

They'd probably pose as woman are expected to.

Wald

Post: #5

"Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: How men would look if they had to pose in ads the way women are expected to."

What is the point? Are they trying to point out some faux absurdity?
OMG OMG what if we dressed a cat like a dog and a dog like a cat?!?

Men and women are different.

Is this what passes for Deep Thinking nowadays? Or cheap yuks? Please tell me it's the latter.

Post: #6

John Scalzi wept.

Post: #7

everyone's got a price.

plus, they do it for the viewers. that's business. attract the girls ("hahaha that's so cute that they're playing pretend girls!"") and you attract the guys too. smart move.

Post: #8

(04-10-2013 09:05 PM)Sombro Wrote:  "Steve Carell, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert: How men would look if they had to pose in ads the way women are expected to."

What is the point? Are they trying to point out some faux absurdity?
OMG OMG what if we dressed a cat like a dog and a dog like a cat?!?

Men and women are different.

Is this what passes for Deep Thinking nowadays? Or cheap yuks? Please tell me it's the latter.

They're popular comedians so they need to pander to a wide audience that is mostly dreadfully stupid

Post: #9

(04-10-2013 08:55 PM)scorpion Wrote:  Oh man, who would have thought that men look completely fucking ridiculous when they pretend to be women?

Someone post the female bounty hunter video and we can all laugh at how ridiculous women look when they pretend to be men.

Winning.

Post: #10

When celebrities model this kind of behavior, it's a bait and switch. They have the wealth and status to do it without penalty...they could still bang hot chicks (although they are no doubt more motivated by other things).

A lower status guy who internalises this kind of thinking, on the other hand, will gain nothing. Except if they try really hard, they might get to be the queen bee in some poisonous SWPL/hipster/Reddit community. The reward there is deference from the involuntarily celibate omega males, and possibly sessions of empowering strap-on sex with some chick with more tattoos than a Maori chief.

Post: #11

Guys keep confusing media events with real life. If I had a TV/movie career you could bet I'd be laughing all the way to the bank after a shoot like this.

Post: #12

Whenever Hollywood makes an "empowered female role/lead", it can almost always be more convincingly portrayed by a man.
Men tend to face actual challenges in day to day life that make it interesting to watch them on TV, because men in leadership roles tend to take more risks and have to be responsible for their failures. That's why "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead" are such hits. Nobody wants to watch a movie about a woman with a great work/life balance.

Post: #13

From just watching their shows, anyone can tell Stewart and Colbert definitely lean towards the sides of leftists and feminists. But this photo wasn't originally taken for anything related to "How men would look if they had to pose in ads the way women are expected to".

In context, it's from a larger comedy bit about reality shows.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-oc...2001/pitch

Which they did a full photo shoot for and used as a comedic non-sequitur Moment of Zen. I don't think there was a political motive behind it.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-oc...-shirtless