living in the 'country' has made me hyperaware of my color.
the commercial shows a yellow blob character walking through town looking sad as everyone else around him is green and happy. anyway, the blob passes by a blue blob that is also sad. when they overlap, they turn green just like all the other blobs. yes, it's a lesson in primary color mixing and a social commentary (singles are sad, couples are happy - in lay's case chips and dip individually are sad but together they're happy and green...), but i saw it as a racial commentary as well. i couldn't help it. i'm yellow just like the sad yellow blob (and everyone around me is white). basically, if you look different, you'll be unhappy.
for the record i'm not unhappy because i look different. as i get older, i'm actually learning to accept and even embrace my physical self .
eta: i forgot the craziest part of the commercial. the yellow blob guy goes into a paint shop and paints himself green! he's happy for a second, but then the paint falls off and he's sad again. (i know i've tried to 'paint' myself a different color - it didn't work too well for me either).
then he finds the blue guy...
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