Does Ellen's Cosmetic Comedy Send the Wrong Message?

Media literacy is on the rise in the halls of the high school where I teach. Students often tell me that they "can't watch television anymore" because they are analyzing the media and cannot "just enjoy" the show, video, or music. Having just come off three days of analyzing music videos, it was not surprising when the students burst into my classroom and asked if I had seen the new Ellen Degeneres commercial for Cover Girl. In fact I had not, so we gathered around a computer to watch her ...