Comments on: I’m not going to link to it

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:28:25 +0000

obvious troll is obvious

By: Anne Elizabeth Moore

Anne Elizabeth Moore — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:27:42 +0000

No no. We’re working out ways of being critical of the industry without also allowing it’s consumerist messages to seep into that criticism. (Check Unmarketable for more: http://www.thenewpress.com/index.php?option=comtitle&task=viewtitle&metaproductid=1662)

We’re operating in a context where viewers’ interest decides the bottom line and where name recognition outlasts the available spending dollar—anybody wondering how the ad industry’s thriving during two international wars (for the first time in history) and a domestic recession?—and not in an environment where actual spending determines marketplace merit.

So thanks for the further info Michael. Although I also feel like I should apologize that you didn’t get to see any nipple.

By: mkorsakov

mkorsakov — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:44:27 +0000

So why writing about it in the first place? Just to remind that you've also noticed that damn ad?

By: mandiberg

mandiberg — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:22:53 +0000

Its one of those writhing on a bed under a sheet ads. With some really out of focus abstract shots from far away. And there are a couple of closer-ups where the acress turns, and you think you might be able to see nipple (b/c you’ve been told you can see nipple) but online video being what it is, i couldn’t really tell. And its all in black and white. Its all over faster than it seems like it should be. And you are left totally unsatisfied, but with the damn brand name stuck in your head. Hence, I protect the viewers from that’ mind-branding.

By: Anne Elizabeth Moore

Anne Elizabeth Moore — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:24:42 +0000

Hey Michael,

What would be great is if you described it in some detail so as not to heighten to interest in it, but quell it, permanently.