In this commercial
for Tui beer three men are attempting to break into the Tui beer factory which
is entirely run by females. Of course being a beer ad targeted at men these
females must be dressed in less clothing than would be suitable for work in
real life. For example, a security guard would normally wear long pants and a
button-up t-shirt; however in this advertisement the security guards are
wearing short skirts and tops that expose a great deal of cleavage and midriff.
The women in this commercial are portrayed as rather naïve and stupid as the
men easily sneak past them with ease by distracting the security guards with
high heels and obvious camouflage against a brick wall. The males are fully
clothed in this commercial and the women are skimpily dressed which is another
recurring similarity with beer advertisements. This is another ploy used by
companies to entice male consumers into buying their products. The demographic
for beer advertisements is white, heterosexual males. Since the demographic is
heterosexual males they would be more attracted to half-naked women rather than
half-naked men. This is why the men in beer advertisements are almost always
fully-clothed. The females in this Tui commercial are also portrayed as being
spoilsports. They are the reason that the men have to sneak into the factory
and are the antagonists of the advertisement. This is a common stereotype used
in commercials though women who are portrayed like this are usually not
good-looking or are the partner of the male. In this advertisement the
spoilsports are also good-looking making them a combination of the two
stereotypes.
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