A Rhetorical Analysis Of Mr. Clean

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Cleaning can take hours on end to accomplish especially if you have a house full of children. Sometimes it feels like déjà vu, you swear that you just cleaned that area and then see a trail of toys that were not there before. Don’t you wish there were times that you could get some help, even if it is just with one room? There was a super bowl commercial about Mr. Clean where it suggested that women find men who clean sexy. In this ad Mr. Clean is muscular, even attractive and begins proactively cleaning around the woman. She gets so wrapped up into it that the sound of her husband’s voice ultimately reveals it’s her average husband who is cleaning, not Mr. Clean and yet she still throws herself at him with joy. This ad was controversial because it used a picture perfect, muscular male figure, cleaning in a sexual way which was degrading to men. Although some may take it this way, they miss the point. The commercial has nothing to do with whether or not the man is attractive. The reason he is sexy is because he is helping his wife clean and she appreciates that. The action is sexy not the …show more content…

Of course, every minute of cleaning by yourself can be boring, dreadful and awful but when you have help it can become pretty fun. In this commercial you can see that the women become more attractive to her husband while he was cleaning because it shows her that he cares enough to help out. In a marriage, it is not always the easiest to ask for help because you expect it without asking. You can see how much fun she is having while cleaning with her “husband”, Mr. Clean, dancing to the music, laughing, and getting the cleaning done. Hours have passed and you realize that the house is clean and it was not as horrible as you thought it would be. This company is showing that together you can enjoy a day of cleaning instead of putting it