Deconstructing The Mayoral Ads

In recent weeks, there have been a couple new mayoral candidate ads popping up during the news and Jeopardy! I haven’t mentioned them much before, so I figured I’d do a thorough analysis and fact check of each commercial make fun of them after the jump.

Dwight Evans

Evans actually has two ads, although the one above is the one I’ve seen the most. (The only thing I have to say about his other one, “Walked the Walk,” is I’m impressed the Philadelphia Weekly font is done correctly.)

The ad above shows a little boy walking onto a bus with a table. After that, it goes from reality to fantasy world. When junior here carries Dwight Evans’ metaphoric table onto the SEPTA bus, the driver simply looks at him a bit quizzically. In real life, the driver would instruct him tables are banned from SEPTA buses during rush hour, then knock off one of the legs — we’ll say it’s Dwight’s “parents and communities teaching young people right from wrong” — and beat the kid with it.

Michael Nutter

Instead of attacking other candidates right now, Michael Nutter goes after John Street. Nutter also got that evil announcer guy to do the voice. But I really, really like the photo of John Street the best. Not only does he appear to have a front painted on his face, but the red pixelation of the photo makes him look like a James Bond villain, or maybe a communist.

Bob Brady

Bob Brady’s latest ad, which appears to have the backing music — music? really? — right out of an NBC Olympics heartwarming featurette, is actually pretty awesome. There’s the music, and there’s the fact Bob Brady appears to be speaking in a basement hallway.