The Spot: A title card reads
'The Debate.' We fade in on a
couple standing in their
kitchen, arguing about whether
to buy a new house. The wife
is the aggressor; the husband
has his doubts. 'Suzanne
researched this,' says the
wife in exasperation. As we're
wondering who Suzanne is, the
ad cuts to an image of the
couple's kitc
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The Spot: A title card reads
'The Debate.' We fade in on a
couple standing in their
kitchen, arguing about whether
to buy a new house. The wife
is the aggressor; the husband
has his doubts. 'Suzanne
researched this,' says the
wife in exasperation. As we're
wondering who Suzanne is, the
ad cuts to an image of the
couple's kitchen telephone.
'This listing is special,
John,' says the voice of their
real estate agent over the
speakerphone. 'You guys can do
this.' The husband caves.
'This is awesome,' says the
wife. We see a picture of the
agent's Century 21 business
card.'The Debate': It's
terrifying. The problem lies
in the performances. That
beleaguered husband,
dough-faced and weary, seems
highly sympathetic as he
expresses a few doubts about
this major life decision.
Meanwhile, the wife (who looks
like a more hostile Mary
Louise Parkerâ??though she
lacks MLP's patented bone-dry
delivery) just knits her
eyebrows at the guy like he's
unfathomably dense. Later, she
jabs him with an accusatory
'What?!'â??her eyes wide and
wild, her neck muscles flexed,
her head twitching in
disbelief at what a ninny her
husband's turned out to be.
The capper comes when their
real estate agent, who we
discover has been listening in
on what should be a private
and delicate moment, takes
sides with the wife and
thereby crumbles the husband's
defenses. Don't listen to her,
John. Of course your agent
wants you to buy a house you
can't affordâ??she gets a
bigger commission!

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