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    Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking

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    Image of Shelwood Shelwood
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    Oh, goodie, an ad directing danger seekers to think less. On behalf of that non-not-thinking firefighter shown in the ad, please do not turn off your brains before doing something semi-dangerous, desk-riding middle-management he-man wannabe Wrangler-buyer dudes. You are such a pain in the ass to scrape off the pavement/canyon floor/dive bar linoleum.
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    Image of MindGrapes MindGrapes
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    Copyranter, I'm usually right there with ya, but in this case, I think you're missing the point. They're not trying to speak to the people who already wear Wranglers, they're trying to get the attention of people who might ordinarily dismiss Wrangler. They're "advertising" their product in order to grow their audience. Say what you will about their methods/message, but the fact should be clear that their goal in advertising is to do more than engage the people who are already their customer.
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    Image of aLostLady aLostLady
    09/15/09

    @MindGrapes: Way to use your mind grapes. You're absolutely right, although they obviously have a ways to go. Shifting the connotation of a brand identity as iconic and concrete as Wrangler is going to take some serious time, energy and money.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    "I mean, I had a condom with me, but I figured, 'When am I going to be back in Haiti?'"
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    Image of Larry Fine Larry Fine
    09/15/09

    @Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: [www.hulu.com]
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    Narrow your mind.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    Whatever, I like it.
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    Image of smithhimself smithhimself
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    I think way, way, way too much. And glory in that fact. But, sometimes, I get tired of thinking and that's why God invented Pinot noir from the Côte-d'Or.

    God didn't invent fake black and white TV ads about jeans. No, these travesties were invented by unhappy English majors that never finished their novels.
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    09/15/09

    @smithhimself: I was getting a more "classics major with a minor in philosophy," vibe.
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    Image of aLostLady aLostLady
    09/15/09

    @smithhimself: Soo ridiculously ominous. You know the team behind this also begins every storyline with "It was a dark and stormy night."
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    Image of Larry Fine Larry Fine
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    Too bad Shane McConkey fell for this kind of advertising.
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    Image of Urbania Urbania
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    "Reason is a brake! Add Wrangler logo, BAM—t-shirt design." has got to be the most brilliant ad analysis ever. Rock on, Copyranter.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    09/15/09

    In reply to Wrangler Wearers Accused of Thinking
    ir reminds me of those Lexus commercials where they show the car's lines in slowmotion to some ambient, like you said, opium music. to which i say, their marketing team needs to reevaluate their target audience.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    11/03/08

    In reply to French Animal Baby Allegedly Peddles Jeans
    Frédéric Bourdin really is a master of his craft.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/03/08

    In reply to French Animal Baby Allegedly Peddles Jeans
    it's a cute baby. abercrombie ads don't clothes, so this is part of a trend, clearly
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/03/08

    In reply to French Animal Baby Allegedly Peddles Jeans
    This is actually some very finely tuned pro-family propaganda. It sends a message to 30-something women to go out and buy Wrangler jeans to make their butts look cute so they will attract men and reproduced.


    The kid had a touch of the simian to him, so the "we are animals" text wasn't really needed.

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    Image of miasma-protege miasma-protege
    11/03/08

    @BookishLookish: Wrangler: Jeans to help you pass on your genes.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/03/08

    @miasma-protege: Just so.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    11/03/08

    In reply to French Animal Baby Allegedly Peddles Jeans
    Please, some of us live for the existentialist musings you so airily call "tripe."


    It's all we have to live for, really.

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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    11/03/08

    In reply to French Animal Baby Allegedly Peddles Jeans
    We Are Sperm would've been better.
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    Image of es-ki-mo es-ki-mo
    11/03/08

    In reply to French Animal Baby Allegedly Peddles Jeans
    This ad would also work perfectly if the logo at the end was Trojan.
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