I’m not entirely sure these guys have thought out their business strategy. Or maybe they have? Either way I’m fairly sure that advertising the fact that you shoot children is a very unwise legal move. Pretty sure it’s still looked on unfavourably by the law. Unless I’ve mid-read this? No…impossible.
Is it just me or are greetings cards a little more brash these days? If a card like this hit the shelves in the 1930’s I think people may well have died of shock…either that or they would have sold billions. Maybe everyone was filthy in the 30’s but didn’t have an outlet. Worth pondering…
For a movie about dinosaurs the obvious choice for your DVD cover has to be Juliane Moore and a giant Pete Pothleswait chewing some grass. Pure class- I only wish it was the movie poster as well instead of that irrelevant prehistoric beast.
At what point do the people responsable for this visual Buggery sit back and say "yep that looks good. Good work boys- get it blown up to the size if a house to scare the children would you?".
Our version of this advert is quite different but of course, in the UK, we’re not all murderers and bread thieves. Who says advertising tars everyone with the same brush?
This edition’s superbly executed idea of the month (new feature) and also in my opinion; strong contender for the coveted position of Mr. March (also new… not at all coveted) has to go to Lewis John Grimes of Doncaster for organising the quite splendid ‘Secret Mixtape Swap’ on bookface last month. You will find no…
I understand the pressures that Ad agency’s are under to be fresh, cutting edge and attention grabbing. It’s a hard world out there competing for people’s attention; like a spoilt child shouting “mummy look at me!” as they empty your purse into the washing machine and set it on a 120 minuet cycle- hot wash….
brilliant
presumably the dog bowl is there to keep the dog busy to map sure it too doesn’t accidentally get shot! Love that the brand name for these ‘mercy killers’ is called Bang-Wallop – You can always remember the name when you think back to the noises made as the gun goes off and the body hits the floor 🙂
I love the fact you class it as a “Mercy Kill”! The Dog never goes hungry though…
somehow ‘map’ got typed instead of ‘make’ – but I guess it’s easy read though.
I believe this is known colloquially as ‘hiding in plain sight’ – see, nobody would suspect a murderer to be holding a sign that says ‘It is me… I am the murderer’, likewise, when law enforcement officers and the associated press get wind of a mass shooting targeting the under-9’s, the last place they will look is bangwallop… they’ll book their own grandma’s before twigging onto this lot.
Clever, really.