Hazarding a guess that the literal, fearful, judgmental million-moms are not the target audience of the geico commercials.
Heck, one of the major inside jokes here is that none of the women in the pig/geico commercials realize that Maxwell is a pig. Yet, the pig remains very self-aware. He knows he's a pig. A pig with great affection for his smart phone apps.
(That's made clear in the first commercial - Maxwell the pig on a plane. Maybe the million moms missed that one? Is it critical to see the Maxwell-on-the-plane installment in order to enjoy the car installment? Not for most.)
And surely, everyone realizes this is a computer-generated pig. A 2013 version of a cartoon-pig. Pretend. Like Jessica Rabbit.
Should we revert to old-fashioned cartoons to keep the cartoonish-ness of such characters more obvious for those who live in a literal world?
I don't know. Little pink pigs are universally adorable.
And when little pink pigs talk in a grown man's voice - they are ... showing us our first impressions are not always correct.
LOL
Anyway, I sort of love these commercials. They're full of subtext, symbolism, metaphor, cheekiness, social commentary. Both the pig and the gecko are very relateable characters, with their self-effacing anthropomorphic humor. No need to find the "exactly right-looking actor sort" - when you can just see geico's world through their animated "everyman" characters.
Perhaps the saddest commentary in this "news" story here is the idea that there might be a million moms out there intent on raising children in a literal world full of evil, and void of story-telling, parable, deeper meanings, humor, imagination and worlds where pigs fly.
IMO, the MMs should probably stop watching TV & take their kids to the local library where they can all learn some critical thinking skills.
:moo: