<div dir="ltr">Many thanks to all who replied. I appreciate the clue-in.<div><br></div><div style>I'd consider finding a way to indicate the source; given that I don't have TV, I had no idea. (Or, if you prefer, it is a meme I haven't encountered before.) Hence the reason I asked. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Given the lack of context, there was no way for me to know that this was a parody. The question is: who else who is in your target audience (students of computer science, CS educators K-16, etc.) will also be unaware, and will it be good for the PLT brand/book for that confusion to exist? </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>A search for "the most functional man in the world" does not help disambiguate the meme. And, watching a bunch of the videos, they are funny because they are *extremely* over the top. "He dates all the girls in the CS department" isn't over-the-top, and just came across slightly skeezy. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Anything else I might add at this point would be an attempt at editing, which is up to you if you want to. You've put your content out there, and now you know that you have people in your audience who had no idea that this is supposed to be a parody.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Sincerely,</div><div style>Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Carl Eastlund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cce@ccs.neu.edu" target="_blank">cce@ccs.neu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It is a parody of the ads compiled here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18VkI0uDxE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U18VkI0uDxE</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div>Carl Eastlund</div>
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<br><br></font></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Matt Jadud <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@jadud.com" target="_blank">matt@jadud.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Matthias,<div><br></div><div>Just one question: is the goal that we interpret the video ironically? </div><div><br></div><div>I thought I would ask, so that someone from the team could explain what was intended with this script. My read, after watching it several times, and comparing it to videos about other novice programming environments is that it is grossly sexist, and I would never want to show it to my students. I'm hoping I'm reading it wrong.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div>Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Matthias Felleisen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthias@ccs.neu.edu" target="_blank">matthias@ccs.neu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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ROAR has taken another giant step: the book is complete, mostly indexed, and will be delivered to the NoStarch production department tomorrow.<br>
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In celebration, we have released the next video in our series, on the most functional man in the world:<br>
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Enjoy! -- Matthias<br>
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