The Musical Coding of Pasta Sauce
In which we explore the bizarre underbelly of a recent Bertolli ad, and the strange persistence of an “exotic” melody.
Commercials on Overthinking It
The Puzzling Logic of Conan O’Brien’s Super Bowl Ad
One of the videos that made it into our Super Bowl ad roundup was the Conan O’Brien ad for Bud Light, in which his agent/manager/ambiguous guy in a suit convinces him to make an embarrassing Bud Light Ad by assuring … Continued
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And keep in mind, even the MOST charitable interpretation of this ad has her smearing kangaroo embryo onto her scalp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBEO8t9XIGo Usually when a commercial makes me spit coffee all over my laptop, it’s because I find something hilarious or disturbing about the subtext. This one is less subtle. Not that there aren’t questions. Are we supposed to think that … Continued
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Yes Grimace Can
My Friends, Obviously, the presidential election is our focus right now. But there are other races going on too. Races that deserve our attention. I am, of course, referring to the current battle for the heart and soul of McDonaldland.
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McCain goes REALLY negative on Obama
Honestly, this seems in bad taste. (winky emoticon)
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The subtle xenophobia of McDonalds
There’s a new McDonalds ad that kind of weirds me out. Sadly I haven’t located the video online – post a link in the comments if you can find it. Anyway, this is the latest in their campaign based on … Continued
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Come to think of it, Quilted Northern is pretty messed up too.
I’ve seen this commercial a couple of times now, and I can’t get over how deeply, deeply weird the subtext is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djuEcS0iq3g Look, I tend to read too much into commercials. I’m the first to admit that. But sometimes a … Continued
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