{"id":3953,"date":"2021-09-14T22:34:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/portfolios\/gender-stereotypes-in-travoltas-miracle-grow-ad\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T22:34:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T22:34:40","slug":"gender-stereotypes-in-travoltas-miracle-grow-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/portfolios\/gender-stereotypes-in-travoltas-miracle-grow-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Stereotypes in Travolta&#8217;s Miracle Grow Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In John Travolta\u2019s ad for Miracle Grow, we see him take on a role that is similar to one he\u2019s done in the films. He is seen recording a TikTok with his daughter dancing in a way that appears similar to his role in the popular musical <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grease<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. That said, it is the dance that seems familiar and not him given the fact that his dancing style doesn\u2019t exactly scream masculine vibes. In fact one might even call his role in the ad in contrast to his original role in the film. Instead of giving off these fifties masculine vibes, he appears to be acting more as a father figure for his daughter. Changing gears to discussing some of the other roles in the ad, the actor Lesile David Baker (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Office<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is seen taking on a more stereotypical masculine role. For example, he is seen grilling and making a small confrontation with his neighbors. Both of these characteristics are associated with being assertive and getting things done. Another role within the ad that I found interesting from a gender perspective is the female gardener. Like grilling is often seen as masculine, gardening is seen as the opposite. Meaning it is a passtime meant for dainty women. Tying all of this together, this ad contained both stereotypes and counter stereotypes for both genders. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In John Travolta\u2019s ad for Miracle Grow, we see him take on a role that is similar to one he\u2019s done in the films. He is seen recording&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[189,1],"tags":[150],"splot_meta":{"author":"Will Porter","license":"","source":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/sports\/Ad-Meter\/2021\/02\/03\/tik-tok-meets-grease-help-john-travolta-scotts-miracle-gro-super-bowl-ad\/4381494001\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamportfolio.drkretz.knight.domains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}