Advertising is a way of drawing people's attention towards your product,a contrivance in some(well!most)cases, with sporadic cases of genuineness and an amusement in certain other cases!
But, once it crosses a certain line that light amusement turns ridiculous.
Fairness creams have been in the soup for so many valid reasons but what amuses and some times irritates me is the backdrop of the ads.I was watching TV yesterday and the ad came up; a bunch of girls walking through a street and then this truck comes up spewing cacophonous amounts of smoke onto their face, and any sensible person would think(issued in public interest:please get emission tests done on your vehicles regularly) but no! it is an ad for a fairness cream(face-wash, something)!
I mean pollution is on the rise and complexion is all you are worried about!!
Then, there was this other ad, where querulous mothers are brooding over how their kids badger them for junk food and then there is this solution that by using a certain toothpaste, mommies can be relieved that their kids teeth are all hale and hearty(dentists:face-palm) and fine, I can make peace with that, but then comes this tag line-' Now, I am secure as a mother!!' What does that even mean??
How does using a certain toothpaste boost one's morale??
Then there are detergent ads which says,a wash just like your mom's work! I mean, come on, what are you implying??Indirectly it hints at and endorses the perpetual notion that washing clothes is a mom's work, at least they could have attributed this to the efficiency of a washing machine, makes sense!
These are just some of the ridiculously charming ads we come across daily!
Next time you see such a boggart, remember to shout out Riddikulus!
But, once it crosses a certain line that light amusement turns ridiculous.
Fairness creams have been in the soup for so many valid reasons but what amuses and some times irritates me is the backdrop of the ads.I was watching TV yesterday and the ad came up; a bunch of girls walking through a street and then this truck comes up spewing cacophonous amounts of smoke onto their face, and any sensible person would think(issued in public interest:please get emission tests done on your vehicles regularly) but no! it is an ad for a fairness cream(face-wash, something)!
I mean pollution is on the rise and complexion is all you are worried about!!
Then, there was this other ad, where querulous mothers are brooding over how their kids badger them for junk food and then there is this solution that by using a certain toothpaste, mommies can be relieved that their kids teeth are all hale and hearty(dentists:face-palm) and fine, I can make peace with that, but then comes this tag line-' Now, I am secure as a mother!!' What does that even mean??
How does using a certain toothpaste boost one's morale??
Then there are detergent ads which says,a wash just like your mom's work! I mean, come on, what are you implying??Indirectly it hints at and endorses the perpetual notion that washing clothes is a mom's work, at least they could have attributed this to the efficiency of a washing machine, makes sense!
These are just some of the ridiculously charming ads we come across daily!
Next time you see such a boggart, remember to shout out Riddikulus!
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