I love the types of ads that make you feel something or go "AHA!", laugh, or feel something... anything. These ads made me confused and just made me question what the heck they were thinking.
The tape worm ad; Yeah, okay... because tape worms inside you isn't gross at all right? Nor is it healthy for you. Sure, you can eat all you want, but are you really gonna risk your health and go as far as eating tape worms just to stay thin? How bout you just eat right and exercise...? I know its not as easy done than said, but it's the healthier better way.
Blow it in her face ad; Blow smoke in her face why don't you, cuz that's really sexy. Yeah right. One, it's rude and Two, it's called "Second-hand smoke"... yeah you die from that. You die from SMOKING period.
Lard ad; There are many healthier alternatives for lard. I doubt lard really makes anyone as happy as it says on the ad... maybe they just came from a family outting. They also won't be that healthy-looking if they love lard that much. RIght?
Doctors and camel ad; This ad makes people realize that even doctors smoke cigarettes and therefore they think "Hey if people who went through so many years of post-grad medical school smoke "Camels" then maybe I won't die from it." WRONG! Just because doctors choose this type of cigarette doesnt give them a lower chance of dying from a desease inflicted by smoking.
All in all, I think that these ads were ran with the intention of obviously selling a product. Big time companies knew that physical appearance is important to people and thats what they target in order to earn a profit. They pin-pointed people's insecurities. Nowadays, ads are more into healthier options of losing weight, and even cigarette boxes contain warnings of the things that can be caused by smoking. There are more ads on tv about healthy eating and quiting smoking than anything else.
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The ads were so funny... but the thing is, they were true for their time!
ReplyDeleteOne thing hasn't changed even after decades of new technology and discoveries, and you said it: ads are meant to sell. I agree that big-time companies "pin-pointed people's insecurities" in order to sell their products; that was true for the past and unfortunately, it's true for the present. :(
Obviously now that we're more well-informed, there are more ads promoting healthier lifestyle choices (like you mentioned). I'm willing to bet, though, that if you look hard enough, there are still some pretty ridiculous ads running today. In fact, the Axe ad campaign shown to us in the Social Awareness Contradiction post is one example!
Hey Bea!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your post, the ads are funny but I think its nasty at the same time. Like seriously? why would they make these kind of ads? Well I think they make these ads to make money. But as you can also see people who make ads make big money and that's the only reason why these people make these kinds of ad. These ads, are nasty and I also think that their inappropriate, but to all those people that thinks that these ads are cool, uh...I don't think so! :)