Awful and Awesome Ep 382: Women’s Day ads, Super/Man

While discussing Hyundai’s Women’s Day ad:

Abhinandan: It was simple and direct…but the spot where she parked was not that tight.

Rajyasree: I can park in that spot.

Abhinandan: Are you a good driver?

Rajyasree: I’m a very good driver. I used to drive here also. You’ve forgotten?

Abhinandan: Salman also used to drive. Doesn’t mean he’s a good driver. 

Rajyasree: (mimicking Salman) ye log kyu yahan pe so rahe hain!

This and a whole lot of awful and awesome as Abhinandan Sekhri and Rajyasree Sen discuss several Women’s Day ads, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, and several subscriber letters.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction

03:00 - Headlines

06:36 - Women’s Day ads

29:40 - Contribute to our NL Sena

31:05 - Letters

40:05 - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

52:10 - Letters

References 

Leap club - The playing field is not equal

Cars 24  - Park Your Bias

Tanishq | Her Choice

Barbie - You Can Be Anything 

Prega News

Hyundai - Break on stereotypes

Let Barbie remain the doll she was meant to be

How to sell dolls to woke kids

Munmun Sen video

BBC’s Radhe Maa documentary 

Contribute to our NL Sena 

Hafta 527 with Sumeet Mhaskar

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