This is just depressing.
This advert suggests that Skittles have ruined this mans life, so if I buy them will bad things happen to me to? Obviously this is unreal, but it doesn't show the product in a good light, or make me want to buy it.
McDonalds
Circa 2005
Wow, classy, this guy would "hit it" because it's only a dollar. How cheap. Somehow I don't that McDonalds quite understood what the phrase "I'd hit it" ("I'd hit that" , "I'd tap that") means. Or, they did know, and didn't have a moral problem with endorsing a sexist way of referring to a girl, which has connotations of violence and men "owning" women, or not respecting them.
Or is it just telling me to have sex with that burger?!
Casa Sanchez
"Casa Sanchez Tattoos
Marketing experts agree that the San Francisco eatery Casa Sanchez would have lost millions of dollars had they not capped off the craziness surrounding their 1999 tattoos promotion. According to the campaign, if a customer got a tattoo of the Casa Sanchez logo, they could eat there for free for the rest of their lives. Co-owner Martha Sanchez didn’t expect there to be a huge response, but in an April 1, 2010, Wall Street Journal article, she revealed that they quickly had to cap the number at 50. The promotion was recently revamped by Casa Sanchez, though wisely, with new restrictions. The tattoo must be a certain size. The meal is only one per day. And prospects must be interviewed by Ms. Sanchez herself to make sure they are a good fit."
Source:
Calvin Klein
An ad campaign that uses barely legal models, on what is fairly obviously a porn set, is dubious to say the least. What are they saying here, that porn is okay? That they endorse an exploitative, illegal, and ethically questionable industry?
This, lets be honest, is just creepy. Reportedly these adverts were banned 24 hours after they were released.
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