We recently posted about an ad for internet service that used the metaphor of a prostitute. This ad campaign , submitted by Mary S.
They are experiences to purchase and consume, preferably cheaply. So here is the whole front page of the website, victoriascheap. I am appalled, ashamed and shocked that you'd say that about this ad. Victoria is a sex worker? Where do you get that? This is a cute campaign that's been running in the Seattle area for a while now. If you've turned it into something nasty, then you have problems my friend. Also, I noticed that you cut off the rest of the billboard so that viewers can't see the rest of the copy and see it in it's context.
That's an obvious way to try and push your own issues. Exactly what kind of extremist is running this site? Why did you cut off the rest of the billboard? Because then it wouldn't fit the agenda you're trying to push, that's why. Alright, I'm going to admit that my associate who just commented told me of this article. This is a blatant mis-use of the media by cutting off part of the ad so that it fits your personal agenda.
And who is this "Mary S. If you were really in the Ad World like I've been for 22 years, you'd know that they're called "copywriters" not "writers for advertising". In England this kind of talk would be so much rubbish. It's only in America that people twist things in such a sick way to try and fit their own use. I don't care what you think of the campaign. This website should be discredited after altering the billboard like that.
In your previous post on this topic, I was quite willing to believe that the advertiser and their focus groups and the like just entirely missed the fact that some might interpret their ad as a joking reference to sex workers. Also, the company running the ad, Clipper Vacations, appears to me to be an American company This type of advertising reminds me of the way people refer to boats and cars and such as female as well.
