Grocery Store Musical & Orbit Gum

I think the Grocery Store musical would be interesting to analyze because unlike any other musical it is improved in a spot where no one really thinks much of, a grocery store. As the actors break out into song about fruit, the lyrics are interesting and funny but bring interest into the audience. First because the unusual breakthrough of song, but also the topic of “fruit squishing together”. Also, the people chosen to act out the song are all different, for example a pregnant woman, a business man a girl in a trench coat. They make the song seem real and typical that people would sing about fruit. Another interesting aspect of the food song is the reaction to the people as they shop throughout the grocery store.

Orbit Gum Commercial

I think this commercial would be interesting to analyze because it shows the allusions of food as their quarrel over a problem between the two girls they refer to each other like “what the French toast?” The commercial also gears towards how their gum, Orbit can “clean-up” your mouth. This commercial is interesting how they interplay the tasks of food for other things such as insults but also physically cleaning out each other’s mouth. Another funny aspect about the commercial is how this gum instantly cleans out the vocabulary of your mouth. Not to mention the setting given in the background of the commercial: an empty office.

Food has never been a problem in our family until sophomore year of high school. Sophomore year I found out that I was diagnosed with fructose n tolerance. Just to fill you in on what fructose n tolerance, “fructose intolerance is a disorder in which a person lacks the protein needed to break down fructose.“ (Healthtools.AARP.org) So this pretty much means that I cannot have any fruit, juice, candy, and other fruity sugars. This memory of being diagnosed with fructose has affected my eating habits for life. Even though doctors say I grew into, there is a possibility I can grow out of it, but as of right now I have to deal with these obstacles opening up my food horizon. This condition not only has trained me to restrict my diet, but build self control. Becoming fructose n tolerant has also opened my horizon to eating new things that I would probably never have tried before, but because my diet already is pretty limited I am open for anything. I am also a lot more interested in how food is made and pay attention to labels more. This experience in itself reveals my interests in non-fructose items, but has also given me little perks throughout my life. For example coming to Ohio State, they offer personal chefs for those with disabilities. Meeting with Chef Mike Newman, he offered a personal chef for me on south campus at Kennedy Commons. As thrilling as that sounds, I decided to experience the campus food on my own and deal with my problems without a chef. I understand that I could have had my own food, but I wanted to put this problem in my hands. I am the type of person who hates making people go out of there way for me. Having this disability has educated me more on the basic concepts of food and different types of sugars. Being fructose n tolerance stinks, but there are perks that come along with it and I have learned to not dwell on the no fruit and emphasize more on the perks.