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Aye this seems to be the problem with the campaign, not the "risque" pun
but the whole "what is that meant to mean?" problem. Pretty couples poses
under flag.... Uh-huh, and? It's meant to attract visitors/new members to a website called gay,com - what does this website offer? Naked men posing in flags? Arty photography? See what I mean? Sounds like the ad agency is unsure of what the campaigns goal really is, as well as this journalist at Inside Bay Area:
In any world, Gay.com's latest advertising campaign misses the mark
Whichever world I'm in, the campaign doesn't seem like a good idea. Not because I don't want to see anyone in bed, straight or gay (which I don't), or anyone under a flag, whether it's American, Polish or one of those suburban holiday-themed ones (which I really don't).It has nothing to do with gay vs. straight, patriot vs. traitor, shocking vs. coddling. Instead, it's because the ad campaign is completely off-point.
As I understand it, the issue that's been on the table of late, for both gay proponents and opponents, is about marriage, not about intimacy. And the issue is with the word "marriage." One side has imbued the word with God, church and biblical connotations. The other side just knows it's the only word to use that represents what they need to have to have equal rights. Same sex unions simply don't have the same rights that marriages do. Hence, the inequity, hence, the conundrum.
In my admittedly straight opinion, it's a shame that the Gay.com ad alludes to none of this. Because quite likely, it will alienate the very community from whom they're seeking empathy by reaffirming that tired stereotype that a segment of society subscribes to: that gay men are only interested in sex.
The lyrics from the ad are actually listed under the hootie commercial itself but I guess you're note a super, so here we go again:
"When my belly starts a-rumblin', and I'm jonesin' for a treat.
I close my eyes for a big surprise, the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch.
I love the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch, the breasts they grow on trees.
And streams of bacon ranch dressing, flow right up to your knees.
There's tumbleweeds of bacon, and cheddar paves the streets.
Folks don't hunt you 'cause you got the juice, there's a train of ladies comin' with a nice caboose.
Never get in trouble, never need an excuse, that's the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch.
I love the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch, no one tells you to behave. (Be-have)
Your wildest fantasies come true, Dallas cheerleaders give you shaves.
Red onions make you laugh instead, and french fries grow like weeds.
You get to veg all day, all the lotto tickets pay.
There's a king who wants you to have it your way, that's the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch."
Funny toon.
And on "the fact that it's there" I do agree with you, this ad is the polar opposite of the bite and smile, a perfect zig-zag in a category which has paid off huge judging by how many people who simply can't stop talking about it. What I like is that one can call
*slaps forehead* Oh yeah you even told me that and I forgot.
What should the Badland award look like? Perhaps a crunched up empty toilet paper roll bronzed or silver.. I mean, the award needs the usual metal triplet colors I think as some Badlanders are badder than others. ....Like the blatant copy of a world
famous classic gets some sort of Gold, and the complete brain sync selling gun classes to women gets some sort of Art Directional Gold as well? ;)
Yo. Via Brandon's textURL posting here I found out that BoingBoing.net Posted about this ad as well. Which is great, really, as they have loads of traffic and that I guess means that this sway/pro-bono ad has truly gone viral. It's even spreading in torrented form, great news!
I guess it needed the shocking effect to get that far, I mean, to spread on the web. I wasn't all to shocked by it, it's a great thought in a near classic pro-bono ad style and could just as well have been made in the 80s in the UK. Basically I figure that it's just a pretty good ad. You need to get jolted a bit when it comes to serious topics like this. IMHO YMMV.
When I hear "The ice Hotel" I think of the one in my hometown , Jukkasj
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