Sweet Ambivilance

I'm not sure how I feel about copyranter. Some days I'm in awe of his bitter, snarky genius. On other days, I'm sure he's a hardcore cuteoverload fan posing as a douche-bag.

Also, I sometimes suspect that he is not a copywriter at all, but a basement-dwelling computer hacker with Second Life avatar named Arathorn.

And that, my fiends, is the magic of the Internets.

In which Our Faithful Heroine is Disturbed by a PSA

I almost couldn't write about these ads for the One Milwaukee campaign. The images of pregnant teenage boys (for a PSA about teen pregnancy) are so disturbing that I had a hard time (well, harder than usual) articulating my reaction.

When I started writing this post, my first thought was: "Do I want to subject my loyal reader to these freakish visions? Why don't I just post clips from Caligula or Brazil and be done with it?"

Besides the obvious, something bothers me about these ads that I just can't put my finger on. It's not quite that they feel a little like a creepy CK ad. And it's not quite that they almost imply pregnancy itself is repulsive. Maybe it's a combination of those things?

Reader, you want to help me out?

Advertising Age via Copyranter

Women in Art

This is beautiful.

I See London, I See France, I See Smart Guerilla Marketing

This morning while I was tiptoeing through the land of ad, I saw this campaign from Braun for their new pull-your-hair-out-by-
the-roots-to-look-pretty product.

You'd never suspect this, but I have a some deeply rooted resentment about the fact that women are expected to shave (or otherwise smooth-ify) their legs. I have come within a hair's-breadth of killing myself in the shower, teetering on one leg, covered with shave gel (which is, in essence, a lubricant and highly unsuited to application in a boxy, watery environment), holding a razor in one hand and the window sill with the other.

However, this campaign for the Braun Silk-epil is so smart, I couldn't let my politics and lack of balance get in the way of my appreciation. I love the simplicity of the execution.

Can Someone Please Create a Mashup for This?

Apparently, this was a TV show in 1976*. I think it is a prime candidate for a YouTube mashup (though it is pretty hilarious in its original, unedited state).

Here are some suggestions for what to pair with it:

1) Michael Jackson's video "Bad"
Too obvious? How 'bout:
2) Any Viagra ad
Still too obvious?
3) What do you think of this
No? Sorry. That's all I got.

*Yes. That is Cousin Oliver.