Disney vs. Denver vs. Chicago
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-15 23:16:44
My return pip from Ireland landed at Dulles International Airport late Sunday afternoon giving me a first-hand opportunity to see how the Disney-produced. U. S government video to promote travel to the U. S. was being presented and received. I was amused albeit probably not in the intended way.
The video played on several flat check televisions facing the line to pass through immigration. The volume was so low though. I could barely comprehend one of the video’s strongest points: the swelling triumphant Disney soundtrack. Nice work!
But that wasn’t my biggest air. Beside “Welcome: Portraits of America,” another television showed an American football game between the Denver Broncos and the Chicago Bears. Talk about muddying a message. If the U. S government truly wants to relay a warm welcome to travelers arriving in the U. S. is it a strong move to play it alongside helmeted gladiators conveying the violent imagery that reinforces a lot of the stereotypes “Welcome: Portraits of America” is trying to counter?
Come on Mike cut the immigration agents some slack. They’re tortured with that cheesy Disney video all day long. If they can’t watch football they’ll act like even bigger a-holes to you.
Ha! A Canadian football game would have been even better. Emily considering the Disney video features footage of the Horseshoe Falls portion of Niagara Falls—the move that’s in Canada. Why not go all the way then with the Canadian football too?
And I hear you TambourineMan. Unfortunately the football game and the videos seemed visible only to arriving passengers.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/disney_vs_denver_vs_chicago_20071127/#When:15:53:00Z
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