Okay, so after rewatching "Meet the Lucky Ones" for a second time and in a different order than I watched it the first time, I got absolutely no better understanding than if I had watched them again in the same order. The fragmented stories certainly had more nuance the second time because I already had a vague idea of what was going on in a general sense. I really don't think that watching them in order this time (as I watched them in a random order last time) enhanced anything. I am still not sure why Alice does her laundry in the driveway. I still don't know why Frank is such a miserly asshole. I still don't understand how Sharon giving her mom the car that she and Frank bought her makes her feel any better, as she is giving her the means to abandon her family. I still don't understand why Alice eats her damned ice cream cone so slowly that the ground gets more of it than she does. I still don't know to which side of the family Estelle belongs, nor why she has decided to compile a bucket list.
There are stil many unanswered questions, but I definitely got a better understanding of the semi-intelligible things in the story. I understood the family dynamics better, wasn't confused when Alan seemed to hit on the same woman twice (mother and daughter, duh!!), I picked more up on how much of an asshole Frank is.
The real question, though, is why a Danish exchange student has two coconut-whatevers. There are no coconuts in Denmark. Also: why don't they tie into the story at all? They are on center stage on the welcome screen before you select an episode...
WHY?!?!
Also: How is this a commercial? They never once try to convince you to do anything, let alone buy a car. They mostly try to convince you to try to kill yourself when you see Alan and kill others when you see Frank.
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Just a comment on why Sharon gave her mom the car. She, first off, was getting rid of the thing she knew she did not deserve. Also, giving it to her mom gave her mom options in life that she may have been missing. Sharon had the maturity to support her mom in her decisions, and to know that her mom deserved a chance to make a life chance. So, it makes sense that it helps her to feel less guilty, she is able to give to her mom the one thing her mom needs.
You have to say it was an advertisement for Mercury.
It was commissioned by them. They put product placement in it. They hosted it on their site.
It was what the internet calls viral marketing. You play a game, watch a show, read an internet forum, etc. They don't come out and say buy our car. But they are advertising nonetheless. It is how the internet is influencing Ad agencies. Cloverfield was almost entirely virally marketed.
So was The Dark Knight at Comic Con.
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