
PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE ADVERTISING
It's worse than you think
Okay, so it just hit me the other day that certain products have to be advertised so passive aggressively because of their purpose. Example: Cialis and Viagara. You can't actually show what it's for, so instead they show you unrealistically good looking people for their age running around like teenagers. Gee, we know what they just did.
Or take a toilet paper commercial. You can't show someone wiping their filthy ass so instead they pour mysterious blue liquid onto the TP and then show a figure of a hand that didn't get wet with the leading brand. Ummm...so that's blue piss? Same goes for diaper ads and don't even get me going on feminine hygiene products.
Preparation H anyone? Or how about Herpes medication (Valtrex kayaking and Mayan Riviera outbreaks? Why are the people on Valtrex ads always on some sort of happy adventure vacation? Look what being adventurous got them!) Or what about K-Y? It always has these read the paper on Sunday mornings with our matching sweatsuits on type couples that all of a sudden get randy faces on them at the sight of the lube bottle. WTF is up with that angle?
There's my long awaited commentary for you.

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