Comments on: How Not to Sell http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/ But no one's forcing you to listen Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:41:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: What's in a name http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-2767 What's in a name Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:32:00 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-2767 For all of you, nobody is dead here and nobody saying that women are animals. This has nothing to do with irony either. Please see the complete serie, for instance here: http://www.10ad.org/wrangler-we-are-animals-advertising-campaign/ For all of you, nobody is dead here and nobody saying that women are animals. This has nothing to do with irony either.

Please see the complete serie, for instance here: http://www.10ad.org/wrangler-we-are-animals-advertising-campaign/

]]> By: stormy http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-700 stormy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:39:42 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-700 <i>but at least try to understand the ad before you condemn it!</i> Yeah. That is exactly what we did. Understand the meaning behind the images, then condemn it. Nice try at mindreading though. Don't give up your day job. but at least try to understand the ad before you condemn it!

Yeah. That is exactly what we did. Understand the meaning behind the images, then condemn it.

Nice try at mindreading though. Don’t give up your day job.

]]> By: Polly Styrene http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-696 Polly Styrene Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:56:34 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-696 Greg, this is an advert to sell clothes. The woman is naked. And dead. Greg, this is an advert to sell clothes. The woman is naked. And dead.

]]> By: stormy http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-692 stormy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:06:00 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-692 I liked this comment from Victoria: http://www.10ad.org/wrangler-we-are-animals-advertising-campaign/ <blockquote>Looking like a young, hungry, tough, animal is one thing. Looking like a corpse is quite another. Yes, death is part of the life cycle, but everyone knows that a young, beautiful corpse floating in water means that, probably someone murdered them. Wrangler know it, we know it. That’s great. Wrangler Jeans hopes you get murdered in these jeans, or at the very least, tragically killed. So tasteful.</blockquote> I liked this comment from Victoria:
http://www.10ad.org/wrangler-we-are-animals-advertising-campaign/

Looking like a young, hungry, tough, animal is one thing. Looking like a corpse is quite another. Yes, death is part of the life cycle, but everyone knows that a young, beautiful corpse floating in water means that, probably someone murdered them. Wrangler know it, we know it. That’s great. Wrangler Jeans hopes you get murdered in these jeans, or at the very least, tragically killed. So tasteful.

]]> By: Greg http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-688 Greg Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:48 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-688 Hey, you guys have been so fast to complain about this ad that you havent even bothered to look at the ads and understand them. It has nothing to do with male violence against women, it is simply a nod towards the fact that we are all, as human beings, animals! The two images are putting humans in situations that you do not expect to see them in - i.e. roadkill or stuck in an oil slick. Now if you think this is sick from that point of view then fair enough - i think it is unecessarily shocking imagery - but at least try to understand the ad before you condemn it! Hey, you guys have been so fast to complain about this ad that you havent even bothered to look at the ads and understand them.

It has nothing to do with male violence against women, it is simply a nod towards the fact that we are all, as human beings, animals! The two images are putting humans in situations that you do not expect to see them in – i.e. roadkill or stuck in an oil slick.

Now if you think this is sick from that point of view then fair enough – i think it is unecessarily shocking imagery – but at least try to understand the ad before you condemn it!

]]> By: stormy http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-27 stormy Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:32:14 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-27 I concur, it is sick. I concur, it is sick.

]]> By: Polly Styrene http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-24 Polly Styrene Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:28:17 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-24 Oooh but it's all just soooo ironic Jennifer and therefore justified. You see if anything is offensive all you do is wave the 'irony wand' over it and magically it is ok. Unless it's insulting religion of course. That's never ironic. Oooh but it’s all just soooo ironic Jennifer and therefore justified. You see if anything is offensive all you do is wave the ‘irony wand’ over it and magically it is ok.

Unless it’s insulting religion of course. That’s never ironic.

]]> By: jennifer drew http://toomuchtosayformyself.com/2008/08/15/how-not-to-sell/#comment-17 jennifer drew Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:06:53 +0000 http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-17 O I can just imagine the justifications, excuses and denials for this latest piece of misogynstic advertising. Of course it is just 'ironic' and not in the least promoting or normalising male violence against women. Did I say male violence against women - why it does not happen ever. So to those who think this image is 'harmless fun' try replacing this image with that of a half-naked man. Would it then be 'harmless irony?' O I can just imagine the justifications, excuses and denials for this latest piece of misogynstic advertising. Of course it is just ‘ironic’ and not in the least promoting or normalising male violence against women. Did I say male violence against women – why it does not happen ever. So to those who think this image is ‘harmless fun’ try replacing this image with that of a half-naked man. Would it then be ‘harmless irony?’

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