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A beautiful, thought-provoking piece that truly captures the
disenfranchised feeling of many Americans. Most gutter-feeders would
watch this animated masterpiece (I refuse to use the word "cartoon" in
such genius as this) and think it's merely a jar of mayonnaise on-screen
for ten minutes. They would be wrong. And stupid. For if we REALLY
look at the underlying themes of this cartoon, it's clear that the
writers were making a statement.
Let's start with the shape of the Mayo jar itself. Notice how it is
curved slightly. This is to symbolize our obsession with curvy women.
No, I've got a better theory. It's to symbolize how we as humans are
always being dragged towards the earth by gravity- that is, told to
give up. But we stand our ground, even if life hits us hard sometimes.
We'll move onto the fact that it's basically a static picture. What is
this saying? It's putting into pictures how most Americans (and, for
that matter, people around the world) feel right now amidst this
recession: That despite our best efforts, we feel like we're in
standstill. BRILLIANT!
Now listen to the music. The classically-trained members of this board
may realize that this jar of mayo is accompanied by Serenade in A-Quasi
Menuetto by Johannes Brahms. It's a fairly soothing piece, with
emphasis on clarinets. It is pleasant enough, but doesn't make waves. I
suspect that's the attitude of many people today: They just want to be
left alone. In the age of technology, there are so many things to keep
us preoccupied that we don't need (or want) a human being. This piece
sums that up in an incredible way.
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention the color scheme, also. The white
on the mayo jar is a symbol of purity, the ultimate attainable goal. We
want to be free of diseases, of STDs, of impure thoughts that corrupt
our character. The mayo symbolizes that.
Now look at the wall background: ORANGE. The vibrant color makes us
hungry. Hungry for what? Mayonnaise, of course! However, it's
utilized for another purpose as well. Orange, much like yellow and red,
is a color designed to energize us. This cartoon is essentially
telling us to get off our butts and go do something productive with our
lives! Unbelievable!
And people think this is just a cartoon about a jar of mayo.
Simple-minded fools.
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I'm The Wiz, and nobody beats me!
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