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Commercials reflect a subtle shift in traditional parenting roles

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A series of TV commercials aimed at parents in recent months has sparked intense online debate over traditional family values and the reality of modern life. Manufacturer Cow Soap is the latest advertiser to generate discussion on this issue, releasing a commercial for Father’s Day titled “Ataerumono” (“What You Pass On”). The video was first … Read more

How Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet decided which roles he wouldn’t take as a heavier actor

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For years, Modern Family star and two-time Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet’s most reliable work was in commercials. He starred in over 100 of them in the days when he was still grinding out a living as a working actor in Los Angeles, he tells me on the latest episode of my podcast, I Think You’re Interesting. Yet Stonestreet says that despite all … Read more