What do Sydney Sweeney, the Kardashians and Tyler, The Creator have in common?
Culture critics Pablo The Don, Bee Quammie and Jackson Weaver talk this week's biggest pop culture moments
... they all made headlines this week, and Commotion's Group Chat panellists have *thoughts*.
Today on the show, culture critics Pablo The Don, Bee Quammie and senior CBC Entertainment writer Jackson Weaver join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the backlash that American Eagle is getting for an ad they released recently featuring Sydney Sweeney that had more political undertones than you might expect from a denim commercial.
Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign is receiving criticism for a “jeans/genes” pun that some say echoes eugenics and white supremacy rhetoric.<br><br>Right-wing voices are celebrating the ad as a pushback against “wokeness.” <a href="https://t.co/Q6LkOoAqbi">pic.twitter.com/Q6LkOoAqbi</a>
—@PopCraveThey also unpack some of the think pieces that have been circulating this week regarding celebrities who have been more transparent recently about their plastic surgery and photoshopped images. Finally, the panellists share their thoughts on Don't Tap the Glass, the latest album from Tyler, The Creator.
You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Panel produced by Ty Callender.