Words from Alyssa

Dean Winters as Teenage Girl        "Dean Winters as Teenage Girl" is an Allstate commercial that is trying to sell insurance by using the selfish and carless stereotype of teenage girls to show that even if you are a safe driver, other people can cause damage to your things. The commercial starts off with Dean Winters in a pink SUV texting his BFF, Becky. He says that he is upset because Becky just texted him that she kissed Jonny and Dean is mad because he liked Jonny. In his rage he throws his bedazzled phone in the back seat and hits another car in the parking lot before driving off. Then the owner of the car he hit comes out and sees that her car has been hit, but was too late to see who had done it.       There is definitely a humorous part of this commercial in the overdramatic playing of a teenage girl. The commercial pokes fun at the irrelevant things many teenagers worry about, like boys. I personally enjoyed the visual details, lik...

     Avatar the Last Airbender is a popular animated show that aired on Nickelodeon between 2005- 2008. It follows Aang, a 12 year old boy who is the last remaining airbender and is also the Avatar, master of all four elements. He had been stuck in an iceberg for 100 years, during which the rest of the airbenders had been wiped out by the Fire Nation, throwing off the balance of the world. He is set free by Sokka and Katara, a brother and sister from the southern water tribe, who befriend Aang and aid him on his journey. Aang must now do his best to master the rest of the elements and defeat the Fire Lord to restore balance to the world. This show is one the best shows to have ever aired and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.        For anyone who is thinking "Well isn't it a kids show?" let me stop you right there. Yes, technically it is a kids show, but its complex story lines and well written characters make the show engaging e...