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more about #no more comments → skymotel: I lived in NYC during 9/11 and this ad doesn't offend me. The art direction is visually striking and makes me consider media's role in history. What i... more » ifstone: Christ, people have been making Hindenburg jokes for decades now and the public consciousness moves on faster than it used to. more » Flashman: Did people get mad about this?: more » fuzzymuffins: still too soon say the masses. it's only been 8 years. there's another 14.3 years to go (according to south park) this is a beautiful ad. tragedy h... more » RheaPollstry: Regardless of how you feel about using 9/11 imagery, you have to admit that the ad is gorgeous and well done. I also love that it is made of newsprint... more » TheMediaMob: Frankly, I don't think this ad is as distasteful as the other one. At least it makes sense, and it is for a client in the news business. It doesn't at... more » LeeMarvinsPants: I'm just trying to think how I would illustrate, with tin foil and crepe paper, the estimated 700,000 people that were exterminated under Stalin, you ... more » johnny_carsick: so the language i understand is arts & crafts therapy hour at gitmo? more » ValborgMelbo: I have a question. Would the deaths of 37,000+ people in Europe during the summer heatwave of 2003 be considered a "natural disaster" or a preventabl... more » Spirit Fingers: This is definitely insensitive and tasteless in our view, but the world over, many see it as just an American event, sad, but also fascinating, like t... more » Thomas Paladino: Guess what... nobody else in the world cares about 9/11. And nobody else in the world is our friend. And no amount of asskissing or mea culpas are goi... more » olafhumbert: God, you New Yorkers think 9/11 is so fucking sacred. It's not. It was one tragedy among a thousand. That's kind of the point of some of these ads ... more » The Real JR: It's the little falling dude above the blast site that gives it depth, really. more » malvones: 9/11 is simply not considered "off limits" in a lot of countries. I'm not saying I care for any of the ads in question, but I also don't see why anyon... more » naugahydeinplainsight: Adfreak links to a 2003 campaign for MTV that, like the WWF one, compares death tolls while using 9/11 imagery. It also was done by an agency in Brazi... more » -
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What Was The Rule About 9/11 Ads?
"The Moscow News: Things hard to explain, in a language you understand." Mmm hmm. Since this apparently didn't sink in last week: No. [Adfreak] -
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Are Any Good Williamsburg Jokes Left?
Grizzled CNN war correspondent Michael Ware just got done spending seven years in Iraq. Soon he'll go to rugged-est Afghanistan. But for now, he's living in... Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Quick, what's the joke? More » -
#branding
Consultant Somewhere Fired
What to call the Nigerian joint venture with Russia's Gazprom, hmmm? Hmm. "Nigaz." That's an even worse faux pas than Gazprom's Ukrainian joint venture, "VladimirPutinIsAnEvilFucker." [Post your own joint ventures in the comments!] -
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'Could [X] Have Saved Michael Jackson?'
A real thing someone wrote: "Strength Training: Could It Have Saved MJ?" From a Demerol overdose? Not likely, crazy fitness blogger. Not even Lou Ferrigno could get Michael Jackson to lift weights! Not even Super Squats could have saved him. -
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Quizno's: Taste the Poop
Yes, Quizno's Submarine Sandwich Shoppe is run by oven-lusting sex pervs, but guess what, Quizno's: you have crossed the line by allowing 2 Girls, 1 Cup to be associated with your sandwiches. Think, you fools. More »
