Television.  It has become an extremely provocative media outlet.  This fact struck me when I was watching an innocent Christmas special of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and a Reebok commercial came on. 

The commercial featured a woman in tiny shorts that just barely covered her hind quarters, promoting a pair of shoes that apparently tone your thighs and behind.  Yeah, I don’t think so. 

First off, if you’re going to sell a pair of shoes that has this kind of magical power, then at least make the shoes look somewhat attractive.  One pair comes in fuchsia pink.  Um, that color doesn’t look good on anybody.

If you want to have great legs, do some kind of leg strengthening exercises or run.  Don’t strut around in a pair of shoes that you saw some bimbo wearing on a commercial. Personally, I don’t think it’s going to give you the body of a supermodel.  

Maybe I’m just dull, but how in the world could a pair of shoes possibly give you amazing legs?  Man, I wish I could have these shoes; it would make exercise a thing of the past!

Not only is the commercial’s product ridiculous, the way that the cameraman zoomed in on the actress’s backside just made matters worse.  It was degrading to that woman. It emphasized to me that the point of the shoes is to make men want to stare at you from behind.  I’ve seen more civilized interaction in the jungle.

Katelynn Colgain can be reached for comment at [email protected]