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In reply to the discussion: What the Fuck was Dove Soap Trying to Convey with this Ad? [View all]applegrove
(118,462 posts)51. I think advertisers try to come up with new ways to get their product
name be remembered. It used to be ads were feel good or funny. Obviously to stand out from the crowd you have to be uncomfortable for people to watch. How else do you explain the Skittles ad where the girl asks the red haired other teen boy "if Skittles pox is catchy" and proceeds to pull one pox off of him and eat It? They are just trying to get their name out there any sort of way. And hey we are all talking about it. So it worked.
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There is nothing wrong with the ad...Would you like it better if Asian lady turned into Black Lady?
snooper2
Oct 2017
#44
How about no one turning into anyone else? You know, being proud of who you are...
brush
Oct 2017
#52