Progressive gets Progressive

Saw this on tv, found it pretty intresting. First openly Gay ad I have ever seen.

Cool stuff.

the "Wow" Fasination

I completely agree with Caitlin, I am ashamed to say it, but if I see someone like Penelope Cruz using some type of beauty product I want to have it with some outlandish fascination that I will put it on and look like her. I have to wonder though that if advertisers used real people (not people like Dove is trying to use) but real people that you would interact with in their ads if people would feel this unnecessary burden to look/act/be a certain way. I also wonder if that would affect sales, but what would happen if advertisements did use this method? Do you think there would be a difference in self-esteem, especially in teenagers? Or do you think the economy would be better because there wouldn’t be that “wow” factor in the models and that desire and belief of I must have it! may not be there.

I just thought this was a clever commercial...

very smart kid...

Planet Starbucks or Project Mayhem?

I love watching movies, especially psychological and confusing movies. After our first class we had for Intro. To Mass Comm this video clip from the movie Fight Club popped right into my head and I have been thinking about it a lot since then.

Week 1: When Have We Gone Too Far?

Haha, the post below me reminded me of a video of an advertisement form another country that I had seen years ago.



These types of ads are something that I have never seen in the U.S., but seem to be acceptable and possibly even normal in other countries. Is this because we have laws against them? Because the powers that be in the television industry would not allow it? I for one don't have the answer.

To me this "suggestive" advertising is funny, but I can't help by being caught off guard. I know that many countries in Europe have more relaxed standards and views of nudity and what they deem appropriate and I often find myself thinking that it is better to have such ideas. I would say most can agree that the giagantic backlash after the wardrobe malfunction in the superbowl was a bit overboard.

But at the same time I can see the U.S. traveling down the road to such standards, when one looks at the relaxation of regulations with the use of profanity and violence in mainstream t.v. and often I feel that this is something that may not be in our best interest, and I consider myself to be more liberal then most.

What do you all think..Do you think that the U.S. as a whole would be better of if these types of "open" commercials were allowed to air and not thought of as inappropriate?

I can't say for sure, but I know if I had a child, I certainly would not want them to ever even have the thought of a human and a dog having sex, even if they were in the form of a balloon.