Thursday, February 16, 2017

Kevin Hart's Journey to Save his Daughter

One of my favorite Super Bowl Commercials is the one where Kevin Hart keeps track and a watchful eye on his daughter while she is on a date. The idea behind the commercial is that Kevin Hart uses his new Hyundai to track down his daughter and her date. As their rather extravagate date night goes on Kevin Hart pops up in places only the boyfriend/date can see ultimately scaring the guy out of doing anything Kevin Hart felt was inappropriate for his daughter. By the time they wrap up their date, the guy is so scared he races the daughter home and leaves jumping at the sound of the car locking. It is a truly brilliant commercial.

The interesting thing about the commercial is the similarities it has to mythology. Kevin Hart could be looked at as a hero on a long journey to ultimately save his daughter from impurity or the evil of the world that has taken shape as a attract male. Seeing as Kevin Hart goes to so much trouble as even getting a helicopter at the end to scare the guy once and for all, you could surely see how epic this story really is. The daughter and the guy have a rather extravagate date night. They start at the movies where Mr. Hart is waiting just a few rows behind eating popcorn. From there they leave for what appears to be a state fair with Mr. Hart hiding in the plethora of stuffed animals as the guy wins a game for the daughter.  Hoping to avoid anymore pop ups by Mr. Hart, the date decides to take his girl all the way to a beautiful "cliff" area where one would think no one would think of even going. However, Mr. Hart succeeds in finding them using a helicopter as he dangles with a megaphone to insure that the date understands he has messed with the wrong father. The date now most likely fearing his life hastily drives the daughter, who is now rather disappointed, home where he very skittishly hands Mr. Hart his keys back and briskly walks away jumping as Kevin Hart locks the car. This is no doubt quite an epic tale with the heroic father, struggles to track them down, goes to great efforts, and ultimately conquers in his feat to save and protect his daughter.


There are many myths in many different cultures who in some way, shape, or form have featured a similar story, although it was more likely a hero saving the love of his life and not his daughter. This could easily be a modern interpretation of those myths. The cultures of the past and the cultures of today share much in common, maybe even more than we like to think. One of those is the love a father has for their daughter and what that father will go to in order to protect her. Kevin Hart is no different in that aspect as I am very sure this is something he would actually want to do as his daughter, who is still too young for a boyfriend, ultimately gets older.


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