Firstly we all know that some adverts are targeted at specific audiences. Secondly we also know that sometimes a simple English translation sometimes skews the original meaning totally. Some of the funny ones I've heard of are Fu King Chinese Restaurant, Coolpis Juice or the The Good Testes Wine and Dine. I'm sure you can think of many others. I just have to wonder whether the marketing departments of these products or places take into account other possible translations, not only language, of their advertisements.
Our raving starts like this:
Johannesburg is a very diverse and liberal city. So one shouldnt be surprised when one sees transvestites or people of the same sex holding hands. I was walking through a Pick 'n Pay and waiting for Gesh while he was in a queue. I decided to lean on a counter to wait. On the counter there was a fridge with energy drinks. I didn't take notice of the picture on the fridge at first after about 10 minutes I looked at again and was a bit disturbed by what I saw:
Now one has really got to wonder what went through the minds of the marketing team that did this. Are they targeting a niche market ? Did they really intend for a purple man with their products to be standing behind a yellow leper in such an awkward position ? I can honestly say its adverts like these that make me NOT wanna buy the sellers products ! What do guys think ? Am I being too harsh ? Or am I reading into a totally innocent advert and making something out of nothing ? All I 'm saying is that I wanted to stick an R18 sticker on that fridge before I walked out of that store.
-->In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons – Ha Ha<--
Our raving starts like this:
Johannesburg is a very diverse and liberal city. So one shouldnt be surprised when one sees transvestites or people of the same sex holding hands. I was walking through a Pick 'n Pay and waiting for Gesh while he was in a queue. I decided to lean on a counter to wait. On the counter there was a fridge with energy drinks. I didn't take notice of the picture on the fridge at first after about 10 minutes I looked at again and was a bit disturbed by what I saw:
Now one has really got to wonder what went through the minds of the marketing team that did this. Are they targeting a niche market ? Did they really intend for a purple man with their products to be standing behind a yellow leper in such an awkward position ? I can honestly say its adverts like these that make me NOT wanna buy the sellers products ! What do guys think ? Am I being too harsh ? Or am I reading into a totally innocent advert and making something out of nothing ? All I 'm saying is that I wanted to stick an R18 sticker on that fridge before I walked out of that store.
-->In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons – Ha Ha<--
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