Refreshed
But still annoyed.
There's an ad out there right now for this men's body spray or whatever that features some ridiculously chiseled "good looking" striped shirt asking men everywhere "Are you alive?" Whereupon we cut to a long shot of a hallway in what is presumably a hotel, condominium, pethouse-type situation...but ultra-aweseome looking either way...and we see our "hero" turning a corner, running full speed, barefoot while pulling the whole tuxedo shirt and jacket at the same time dressing thing. Smiling. Running.
What's he been up to, I wonder?
A late night tryst with a married woman gone awry?
The morning after an illfated appointment with beer goggles?
Whatever. The message sucks.
It implies dishonesty and subterfuge and I don't like it.
People have enough trouble with scruples in relationships these days. We don't need men's cologne ads encouraging people to be dickheads.
Seriously.
There's an ad out there right now for this men's body spray or whatever that features some ridiculously chiseled "good looking" striped shirt asking men everywhere "Are you alive?" Whereupon we cut to a long shot of a hallway in what is presumably a hotel, condominium, pethouse-type situation...but ultra-aweseome looking either way...and we see our "hero" turning a corner, running full speed, barefoot while pulling the whole tuxedo shirt and jacket at the same time dressing thing. Smiling. Running.
What's he been up to, I wonder?
A late night tryst with a married woman gone awry?
The morning after an illfated appointment with beer goggles?
Whatever. The message sucks.
It implies dishonesty and subterfuge and I don't like it.
People have enough trouble with scruples in relationships these days. We don't need men's cologne ads encouraging people to be dickheads.
Seriously.
posted by LC Greenwood at 9:32 AM
2 Comments:
Would you place that as, A) more, or B) less annoying than the Axe body spray ads?
You know: the ones that act out the fantasy of every 14 year old, MTV-watching, pizza-faced kid... who believes that he too has a shot at being simultaneously pleasured by multiple women way out of his league in an elevator?
Or perhaps the one where he's about to get nailed by his teenage friend's mom as buttons pop off her top?
Ahh, if only dousing yourself with this generation's version of Drakkar Noir actually worked like that.
You know...neither of these examples hit me as hard as the one about the adultery.
Hmmmm...wonder what MY triggers are??
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