from a recent spam: “nipperty-tipperty, non-sanskritic”
One of the things I like about latin american television so far is that underneath the ads they run what I assume are government required labels, for instance under junk food ads, “eat well”, under ads for sweets, “consult a dentist frequently”, for liqour “avoid excess”, and one of my favorites under makeup/glamour ads “health is beautiful”. It’s kind of nice to have a little contradiction thrown at you along with the commercialism. But I must confess to being confused by the most recent one I’ve seen, under a cheetos ad: “the cheese is energy”.
December 21st, 2006 at 11:18 am
contradiction is the heart of commercialism. if you are confused as to what you want and need, perhaps you will be more likely to buy things you never considered.
(insert contradictory statement here)