Comments on: Thai Lightbulb Commercial http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 07:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: anomiehttp://context http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 Fri, 16 May 2008 23:25:26 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1190 weird. wonder what happened to my name there. it doesn’t usually have that http://context bit at the end…

]]> By: anomiehttp://context http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1189 Fri, 16 May 2008 23:24:35 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1189 I think the transvestite really might have a significance for Thai people beyond that of ‘scary person.’ Check this out:

British grandmother beaten and robbed by gang of Thai ‘ladyboy’ transvestites

]]> By: 73man http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Fri, 16 May 2008 13:30:38 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1177 Perhaps we misunderstand that the inclusion of a transvestite has a significance for Thai people beyond that of ‘scary person’? Just a thought. There for funnies or perhaps there’s a socio-political message about street work and life’s destiny?

]]> By: MW http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Thu, 15 May 2008 19:49:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1168 I thought it was very clever and original, but I didn’t really like the inclusion of the transvestite with the supernaturals.

]]> By: Umlud http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:43:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1166 Thank you for sharing this. I really liked that SE Asian monsters (some shared throughout E Asia) were featured. A refreshing (and nostalgic) trip. Cute, ad, too.

]]> By: Catherine http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Thu, 15 May 2008 16:02:03 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1165 I enjoyed it a lot, actually… very clever.

]]> By: Penny http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:35:50 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1164 It’s interesting to see what’s supposed to be scary to a kid in Thailand vs. the standard American “boogie monster”–not one of those Thai figures had fur or claws or big teeth ala “Where the Wild Things Are”–in the lightbulb commercial, the intended “monsters” are very recognizably humanoid, just startling in behavior, appearance and proportion.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Thu, 15 May 2008 13:08:20 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1163 I kind of liked it too…thought it was a cute idea (except for the transvestite joke, but i’ll let it pass)

]]> By: Video Hag » Blog Archive » Thai Lightbulb Commercial http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1162 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:58:05 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1162 […] Sociological Images. Youtube […]

]]> By: Chris Norris http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:50:38 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1161 I thought it was funny, but I’m afraid to admit it here.

]]> By: anomie http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/05/15/thai-lightbulb-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:23:55 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=899#comment-1160 How odd.

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