Text/Image Hunt

 I want EVERYBODY to think alike.

In this aspect, the everybody is bolded in a sense to make everyone responsible for our environment and do our part in making it better by being Eco-Friendly.  The "I" can be the viewer and "everybody" as the rest of the world, but interestingly, both the "I" and the "everybody" can be the viewer.  The viewer feels responsible and sides with the message and includes themselves as part of "everybody" as well.

I want everybody to think alike.

By thinking differently, we can think alike.  We can be apart from the group and be different thinkers, but we will still be in OUR group and think alike.  This brings up cult style following.  The different thinkers feel as though they are separate and superior, but by doing so, they are thinking all the same way.  This was more of  a play on words and opposing meanings that really actually mean the same thing.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO THINK ALIKE.

This combination creates a more hidden meaning than the others do, but is still effective in a way.  In this sense, the text tells us very strongly that this is what perfection looks like...  Expensive, fit, beautiful, rich, sexual... all of these being put together in a fantasy of sorts.  An unattainable fantasy that beauty magazines portray.  They show ultimate beauty and the viewers then feel badly for not having it, but who also go out and try to "buy" this fantasy.  To add one more thing, this message (text and image together) seems to have some kind of authority over the viewer and audience not allowing them to oppose.  Sort of like a "dumb" and robotic society that is often stereotyped with models.

"I want everybody to think alike."

on p.118 in Pop Art: The Critical Dialogue by Carol Ann Mausun.