I thought the Groupon ads satirizing the overly touchy-feely, obviously phony begging-for-donation TV spots were hilarious. The company has decided to pull them, because they have outraged what they consider their target market (I assume).
Given that the most extreme histrionics about saving whales, saving the rain forest, and saving Tibet come from whacked-out liberals, I am wondering if the histrionics about these Christopher Guest-directed, and very funny, ads didn't come from them as well.
And I wonder how many of them thought this violent fantasy about murdering people because they don't buy into a group-think party line about Global Warming was harmless satire?
What is the phrase? You never notice until it's your ox that gets gored? (And one can't help but wonder if the "Save the Whale" ads isn't going to be considered the most offensive them all... because it's also the most honest.)
The ads are on Youtube for a the moment at least. Here are all three of them.
Groupon Ad: Save the Rainforest
Groupon Ad: Save Tibet
Group Ad: Save the Whales
I'm curious to hear what readers of this blog think. There's a comments section. Please use it. :)
Currently Showing at Cinema Steve
-
-
31 Nights of Halloween: Trick or Truth? - "The Silent Watcher" (sadly one of the many great early films that have been lost) tells of four sorority sisters, the handyman they all lust after, and th...5 days ago
-
Richard Sala's Panique: An Unauthorized Second Editon! - [image: 'Panique' cover art by Richard Sala] SECOND EDITION *Design*: Richard Sala & Steve Miller *Editing*: Steve Miller *INTRODUCTION* In 1994, artist/wr...1 year ago
-
Mystery Monday: Hush - [image: Kavya Trehan In "Hush" (2018)] The impact of some films is ruined if a reviewer blathers on about it. This is one of those. Watch this one minute o...1 year ago
-
No doubt that 'Shadow of a Doubt' is great - *Shadow of a Doubt (1943)* Starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, and Patricia Collinge Director: Alfred Hitchcock Stars: T...3 years ago
-
Neat film with an all-star cast AND a werewolf! - *The Beast Must Die (aka "Black Werewolf") (1974)* Starring: Calvin Lockhart, Anton Diffring, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Michael Gambon, Tom Chadbon, Ci...3 years ago
-
'Evil Bong 666' breathes new life into the series - *Evil Bong 666 (2017)* Starring: Mindy Robinson, Robin Sydney, Sonny Carl Davis, Michelle Mais, Jessica Morris, and The Don Director: Charles Band Rating: F...5 years ago
-
A Franco foul-up that's kinda saved by unintentional comedy - *Neurosis: The Fall of the House of Usher (aka "Revenge in the House of Usher" and "Zombie 5") (1982)* Starring: Howard Vernon, Robert Foster, Lina Romay, J...12 years ago
-
Happy Birthday to Boris Karloff - On this day in 1887, the great Boris Karloff was born. To mark his birthday, here's a review of one of his many films that deserve more attention than it g...13 years ago
-
The Addams Family was never as creepy as this father/daugher duo - Mark of the Vampire (aka "Vampires of Prague") (1935) Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill, Elizabeth Allen, Jean Hersholt, Henry Wadsworth, Donald Mee...15 years ago
I too thought that these three commercials were hilarious. But I may have been biased as a result of the stir they caused among people who regularly ridicule and mock their political "rivals" but who obviously don't know how to "take a joke" that directed at them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Steve...
ReplyDeleteI'm actually a little disappointed in people for being angered by those commercials. I thought they were awesome!