From: Ben Houston (ben@exocortex.org)
Date: Fri Feb 02 2001 - 16:15:18 MST
Spike Jones said:
> For those who notice such things, perhaps you have observed
> in the past 5 yrs or so, TV ads have gotten much more effective:
> faster, funnier, definitely edgier. They have broken thru any
> number of invisible barriers regarding sensitivity and taste. Such
> as: many commercials now trivialize death. Im not making any
> judgments here, merely observations. Trivializing death may
> be a bad thing, but it leads to effective commercials, which
> earn money, which is a good thing.
Today the NY Times said:
Advertising: Shock Advertisers Make Use of Death and Dying
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/02/business/02ADCO.html
-ben houston
http://www.exocortex.org
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