Sayesha on the rocks: Back-handed methods

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Back-handed methods

I saw this ad on a bus yesterday and thought it was kinda sick. I just found out that it won TODAY newspaper's 'Best ad of July' award.

:|

27 comments:

Aathira said...: whoa! :O; August 13, 2009 11:32 pm
Aathira said...: forgot to yell "Gold!!! :D" as is normal... ;); August 13, 2009 11:33 pm
Unknown said...: SILVER!!! Bade dinon ke baad! :D :D

The ad is sick btw.; August 14, 2009 12:03 am
S m i t h a said...: oye, whats so sick abt the ad? its sophisticated, subtle, suggestive and far less vulgar than "subjects broaching women rears are taboo" nonsense.; August 14, 2009 12:07 am
santasizing...Fantasizing said...: probably this recession has taken a hit on everyones brains!!!
such sick aD!!!; August 14, 2009 12:31 am
R said...: Oh my god. Crap. They tried to be smart with the suggestive. Oh no. They released it.

...but advertising is over for me! yay!; August 14, 2009 3:16 am
Porkodi (பொற்கொடி) said...: muhahaha! Here I am. 7th! :D bhel puri thaanga pls! ;); August 14, 2009 6:08 am
Porkodi (பொற்கொடி) said...: hahahaha seriously rotfl.. I can see Today's standard with this choice!! :D; August 14, 2009 6:09 am
Prasoon said...: If this is the best, am wondering how good others are..
Sick this is yes.; August 14, 2009 8:55 am
Revs said...: Sheeeesh!!
This is in terribly bad taste which isn't new considering some of the ads nowadays but winning a prize??
Yuck!! :-|
I used to love the Malaysia - Truly Asia ad!! :); August 14, 2009 11:58 am
Sudipta Chatterjee said...: I agree with Smitha - I don't find this vulgar or sick. Yeah so they're using the oldest method to sell stuff - sex. Considering what is already out there in other ads - I'd be at peace.

Now best ad - thats doubtful.; August 14, 2009 12:52 pm
Sanchit said...: LOL ROFL LOL...
this is so aweosme...; August 14, 2009 2:13 pm
Anonymous said...: aiyo! Its so sick!; August 14, 2009 7:31 pm
Unknown said...: haha! what to say?!!; August 14, 2009 7:43 pm
humblog said...: Its risque.

My favorite though goes something like this -

"Come Viagra - see the size of tallest erection by a man for his lady love."

Precious !; August 14, 2009 11:40 pm
humblog said...: Now that I think about it this ad designer could be Benny Lava - "You need a bun to bite, Benny Lava."; August 14, 2009 11:52 pm
Anusha said...: Thanks to Pizzadude, I'm now picturing them all butt-naked. No pun intended. :P; August 15, 2009 10:02 pm
here i 'm said...: well...i don't find it sick...but yes it's definetly little 'panny' ad :P; August 16, 2009 12:52 am
Stupidosaur said...: Standards stooped so low? NIMBY!; August 16, 2009 5:19 am
scorpiogenius said...: Well, eyes of the beholder it is. I find the Ad really catchy, didn't mean exactly the butts. But ' sick ' is not the term you'd like to attribute to it.

In all fairness I find the ad colourful, attractive and you can look at it with a smile on your face.. You'd remember it was a Malaysian airliner ad as well. I wouldn't be embarassed if my teenage son is looking at it along with me though. In all honesty.

I can show you some really ' sick' ads from aamchi India. Interested? ;); August 16, 2009 7:32 am
Sayesha said...: #Aathira,
Hehehe... see what all they're doing since you left the country! :D

#Sanket,
Yeah man. Welcome back! :)

#S m i t h a,
//"subjects broaching women rears are taboo" nonsense

Haha! I think I would have found it sick even if the 'backyards' in question belonged to men. :)

#santa fanta,
Yeah man... quoting from JBDY.. yeh sab kya ho raha hai beta Duryodhan?

#R,
Yeah, I think they meant it to be clever, but it got sick.

#Porkodi,
:)

#Prasoon,
//If this is the best, am wondering how good others are..

You said it, my friend.

#Revathi,
Oh yeah, the Malaysia - Truly Asia series was awesome... liked the tune too. :)

#Sudipta,
To each his/her own. :) Not grading it against other sick ads, but just looking at it by itself makes me sick. :)

#Sanchit,
Awesome? :| Sheesh! :)

#ramya,
:S

#rocksea,
Haha... nothing I guess. :)

#aj,
//Now that I think about it this ad designer could be Benny Lava - "You need a bun to bite, Benny Lava."

Hahahaha! Sheesh! Poor Benny Lava is dragged everywhere! :D

#Clueless,
HAHAHAHAHA! I can still remember his expression! Hahahahaha! :D

#here i'm,
:)

#Stupidosaur,
:D

#scorpiogenius,
To me, what makes a print ad good or bad is what the marriage of the text and picture finally produces. In this case, I felt it was a very bad match. :)

Man, I used to love the ads in India when I was growing up... but I heard some have gone crappy too. :(; August 16, 2009 8:19 am
Sandip Chaudhuri said...: Its ok, nothing great.
now if he ad was for Thailand, I would be um mystifying.; August 17, 2009 4:00 pm
Stupidosaur said...: Presenting...
Beast Ad of July Award!

and the winner is...; August 18, 2009 3:22 am
Thousif Raza said...: that is kinda dumb, really nice find though

take care and keep writing.......; August 18, 2009 7:02 pm
Paradox Philic said...: All i have to say is --- What were you thinking? Seriously!; August 20, 2009 9:18 pm
rt said...: Bakwaas AD!!
Best Ad??????????????????????????? by which standard>; August 20, 2009 10:43 pm
R said...: Happens a lot, man. Oh, the stuff I have seen in the last two years. Clients ask for the silliest things.. eugh.; August 26, 2009 3:53 am