http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/01/28/still-thinking-about-the-super-bowl-pepsi-advertisement/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:05:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/01/28/still-thinking-about-the-super-bowl-pepsi-advertisement/#comment-537 Jennifer Carroll Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:26:44 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/01/28/still-thinking-about-the-super-bowl-pepsi-advertisement/#comment-537 The two guys in the car really are deaf and work for Pepsi, and the commercial is a depiction of a long-running joke in the deaf community. I did not think of the guys as trouble makers, only resourceful. I think Pepsi ought to be applauded not only for producing a commercial by, with and for deaf people, but also for breaking the national trends and employing them. Perhaps, the commercial will open the eyes of other big corporations to just how valuable employees with disabilities can be. The two guys in the car really are deaf and work for Pepsi, and the commercial is a depiction of a long-running joke in the deaf community. I did not think of the guys as trouble makers, only resourceful. I think Pepsi ought to be applauded not only for producing a commercial by, with and for deaf people, but also for breaking the national trends and employing them. Perhaps, the commercial will open the eyes of other big corporations to just how valuable employees with disabilities can be.

]]> http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/01/28/still-thinking-about-the-super-bowl-pepsi-advertisement/#comment-531 Larry Wanger Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:59:31 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/01/28/still-thinking-about-the-super-bowl-pepsi-advertisement/#comment-531 Good point about how deaf people are presented. I got side-tracked on Pepsi posting their "pat on the back" video and didn't think about this side of it. Seriously, this too is a bad thing about the presentation in the advertisement. [See Larry's insightful post at <a href="http://www.disabilitynation.net/blog" rel="nofollow">Disabilitynation.net</a>.] Good point about how deaf people are presented. I got side-tracked on Pepsi posting their “pat on the back” video and didn’t think about this side of it. Seriously, this too is a bad thing about the presentation in the advertisement. [See Larry's insightful post at Disabilitynation.net.]

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