... and his nonsensical rage is as ridiculous as kaplan pretending uncle phil is a professor:
i love a sexless, deep-voiced, sweatered, online professor as much as the next gal, but i'm conflicted about the message kaplan is sending me with their minute-long commercial: do they think i'm stupid enough to believe phillip banks is really a professor? are they flattering me by using a known actor to portray a professor, suggesting i'm a discerning enough reader to see through any unknown actor/fake professor they could throw at me (commercials are for actors, not professors.... and i'd scoff at anyone less accomplished than james avery)? my best guess: kaplan's online university is hoping to reach those folks who watch three hours of daytime "fresh prince" reruns, and they're merely using the big guy as bait.
when i perused the internets for some explanation as to why kaplan would choose the banks family patriarch as their faux professor, and looked over the commercial's youtube comments, i found the fourteen commenters were equally conflicted. While one unPHILmiliar viewer's interest was sparked by the commercial's professor ("This Commercial is soooooo true its time for a change. That goes for all schools in america we deserve better. Its Our Time"), others were preoccupied with the fresh prince flashback ("he is a really good actor. really legit.")... and, of course, MistaFukU takes a third stance altogether: ""invest" in a kraplan diploma, and YOU just bought a VERY expensive piece of toilet paper!!! the place is a ***racist ass shit hole!!!***"
i wonder what aunt viv thinks about all of this...
to be fair, though, she thought we wouldn't notice her own obvious deception. i bet she's on kaplan's side (whatever side that is).
you really got me on that svu fake out. i don't doubt that it will become it's own category.
ReplyDeletei'm excited to see your own version of txts from last night, the version we talked about. but i'm also a little worried b/c i've been txting you so much...