December 13, 2009

SHINY SUDS AD PULLED???

A detergent commercial has been yanked because viewers find it disturbing. In the ad, a woman enters her shower and is surprised to find bubbles left over from her toxic cleansing product speaking to her. The bubbles have been likened to sexual predators because as she continues with her shower, the male-voiced bubbles chant "Loofah" at her, presumably because they wanna see the foxy mom arouse herself. (It's tough to get inside the motivation of animated suds.)

Are women really scared or disturbed by cartoon bubbles? I guess my own perception is a little skewed since I enjoy tasteless humor. Although the ad's odd, I don't find this ad funny or edgy. I'm also not a woman so I'm not as keyed in to the real threat of sexual harassment/rape. (In fact, gays fantasize about it!) But do ANY women out there find this ad offensive or these bubbles scary?

VIDEO

THIS ITALIAN DETERGENT IS FAR CRAZIER AND PUSHES THE SEXISM AND RACISM BUTTONS!

YOUTUBE