On Two Advertisements; also, Reading

[coldjwplay]

Tiger Woods' recent Nike ad was pretty damn appalling: whoring the memory of his dead father in order to continue whoring himself to his corporate sponsors.

In light of that, the following was very amusing: Cracked.com's Rejected Version. Quoting from one of the greatest movies of all time doubles the win

Comments

[prolefood]

I always loved reading dated ads. I have some National Geographic magazines from the 50's and the ads are always charming in their naivety. Interestingly, Lye soap was a staple in the Southern United States until the 1960's when southerners had enough money to buy soap at stores as opposed to making it at home. It also had the quality of a "tingling sensation" which was generally associated with the top layer of skin being rubbed away!

[coldjwplay]

Of course, early 1941 was the depth of Britain's despair in the Second World War, which adds a powerful undertone to everything about the book. "Pears Soap wears down without waste to the thinnest wafer, and is the most economical of all good toilet soaps" is not a normal piece of soap advertising lingo.