Fundamentally there’s nothing particularly wrong with this Vanish advert. It’s insipidly uninspired, for certain, and it continues to peddle that advertising myth that women are basically stay at home dullards who get flummoxed by the slightest domestic problem but, let’s face it, it doesn’t commit any crimes that the vast majority of other adverts don’t [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
Vanish – Party Dress
Posted in Patronising Bastards, tagged children, detergent, party dress, vanish on January 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
NHS: Anti-Smoking
Posted in Actually Quite Cool, tagged anti-smoking, cancer, children, Khari Palmer, nhs, smoking on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well that’s just selfish. It’s pretty obvious that the kid has never tried smoking from his statements (“it’s gonna feel like your lungs are gonna break, or something like that”) and yet he’s allowed a national platform with which to speak. He’s no expert on the subject, he’s never felt the rich and velvety sensation [...]
