This comes to us from the UK where Heinz ran this very funny commercial. Sadly, they pulled it after complaints which is ridiculous. They knew it would be controversial, so why not stick to your guns? Video below.
Labels: advertising, corporate
Some people are gay. Get over it! reads the new billboards in the UK.
HOMOPHOBIC bullying in schools is being targeted in a poster campaign across Teesside.
Huge red and white billboards saying: “Some people are gay. Get over it!” are being displayed throughout Middlesbrough in a two-week campaign to raise awareness.
Launched by gay rights organisation Stonewall, in London, by Torchwood star John Barrowman, the national campaign aims to crack down on bullying.
A total of 600 posters are being rolled out across the country.
It is part of Stonewall’s Education For All campaign. The slogan was designed after consulting 150 schools.
Ben Summerskill, Stonewall chief executive, said: “Homophobia is almost endemic in our schools and blights the lives of people throughout society.
“It makes sense that this zero-tolerance message should be extended to the wider public."
Labels: advertising, UK
I came across an ad for the new BMW 3-series convertible that is very suggestive and hilarious to boot. Now I love BMW and I especially love my BRYMW, but I want you to judge this ad for yourself.
Now when I first read it I was a bit taken back. Is it because of my personal persuasion or am I right?
When asked by Radar magazine, this is what the ad agency had to say:
"You're the first person to bring it up," says GSD&M Idea City account director Corey Platt when asked about the seemingly suggestive advert. "I can definitely see how it can be taken that way, but we didn't set out to specifically target the gay audience. I think it was a bonus that it resonated so well with them." According to Platt, the ads worked particularly well in Miami and L.A. "We knew we could push it a little bit more in those areas," says Platt.
No matter how you cut it - it is a great ad.
Labels: advertising
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