Thursday, July 15, 2004
Trix Bunny Obsessed with Breasts
Silly Rabbit! Trix aren’t for rabbits, Trix are for kids!
What is the message that children get from the Trix ads? Let’s examine the symbolism behind Trix.
Rabbits symbolize masculinity and fertility, yet Silly Rabbit looks weak, a bit juvenile.
Trix stands for breasts. The children keep saying that Trix are for kids. What is for kids? Breasts! Bongos! Tits! There is nothing that is more for kids that women’s breasts.
Couldn’t Silly Rabbit qualify as a “kid” rabbit? No, he is slightly older than the children, either a teenager or a young adult. Besides, rabbits are not allowed to have Trix by definition. That is because they are a separate category from children, i.e. adults.
Silly Rabbit is eternally frustrated in his quest for Trix. At this point, it is obvious the meaning of the ads: Trix stands for the motherly love of women represented by the breasts. Silly Rabbit is a young male, a teenager, who yearns to have again that motherly love, but at the same time find breasts sexually stimulating. The slogan is a reminder for Silly Rabbit that he will never experience breasts as a child does.
What is the message that children get from the Trix ads? Let’s examine the symbolism behind Trix.
Rabbits symbolize masculinity and fertility, yet Silly Rabbit looks weak, a bit juvenile.
Trix stands for breasts. The children keep saying that Trix are for kids. What is for kids? Breasts! Bongos! Tits! There is nothing that is more for kids that women’s breasts.
Couldn’t Silly Rabbit qualify as a “kid” rabbit? No, he is slightly older than the children, either a teenager or a young adult. Besides, rabbits are not allowed to have Trix by definition. That is because they are a separate category from children, i.e. adults.
Silly Rabbit is eternally frustrated in his quest for Trix. At this point, it is obvious the meaning of the ads: Trix stands for the motherly love of women represented by the breasts. Silly Rabbit is a young male, a teenager, who yearns to have again that motherly love, but at the same time find breasts sexually stimulating. The slogan is a reminder for Silly Rabbit that he will never experience breasts as a child does.
