Most of the adventurous ones among us, realised fairly early that school staircases allowed a certain kind of colour guessing game. But it never lasted, you'd either end up in the principals office, fall out of grace with all the girls in the school or worst, get swatted so hard in public that you'd go colour blind with instant effect.So imagine my surprise when I saw the new Fa Deo Spray pink or black TVC. Story line: two chaps are wondering if it's pink or black. Then a chick comes out to play tennis. Various shots suggest that the game (no, not tennis) is on. Until she comes close to the guys to retrieve a stuck (tennis) ball. At which they both breath in like Vicks recommends and say, 'pink.' And the girl repartees, 'black tomorrow.' Voice over: Fa Deo Spray...
This is the sort of demeaning, unimaginative, even obscene ads that point to a creativity crisis. And that someone, somewhere either went unpunished, was not brought up well, or has issues. Or all of that. Shame on whoever is responsible for this. Disgraceful.
Opinions , opinions .
ReplyDeleteYou think that ad is in poor taste , but I suppose most urban youth would think that's a nice take on the "dirty mind" jokes .....the ones where you ask a question that suggests sex or sexuality and then reveal a much simpler non-sexual answer .
There was a Brittania ad on TV for a while . It depicts a school bully grabbing a pack of biscuits from a girl . The girl then retaliates with a punch and a knee in the groin . That was much more objectionable : it tries to preach that kicking a male in the groin is acceptable and ( and by many Hoolywood/Bollywood movies , encouraged ) . And this is depicting young kids . But of course they only want to ban video games .
I guess I may the only man who thinks that men too deserve enough respect not to have their genitals harmed for the slightest excuse ( well no one does that to women , no one even speaks of doing it , and should anyone even mention doing that to a female , he'll be shamed , ridiculed and labelled as one who disrepects women , but never women who do so to men : now that's respect ), but somehow no one else seems to care what I find offensive . Obviously , the creator of the ad didn't care if you were . Enjoy .