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Snickers and its ad agency court the homophobes - again
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/ showDiary.do?diaryId=6227
What is wrong with Mars, Inc./Masterfoods? Look at this Snickers commercial produced by Omnicon. The accompanying text is from AdAge critic Bob Garfield's open letter to Omnicon CEO John Wren criticizing this tripe (h/t Joe.My.God):In January 2007, from TBWA, New York, there was the Snickers Super Bowl ad: two auto mechanics, chewing on opposite ends of a candy bar till meeting in an accidental kiss. The incident struck them as so repulsively gay they commenced trying to cleanse themselves via a chest-hair-ripping display of manliness. The accompanying website offered alternate endings, such as one guy attacking the other with a wrench.
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Morning Sweep
http://prideagenda.blogspot.com/2008/07/morning-sweep_23.htm...Morning Sweep A group of women from Long Island have filed a lawsuit after Foxwoods Casino workers harassed them with demeaning and homophobic slurs. L.A. Police Chief supports marriage equality with a donation toward the fight against the Ca. ballot initiative. The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, an international think tank, acknowledges Canada's trailblazing in same-sex marriage recognition. Democratic lawmakers will discuss the growing public sentiment against the "Don't Ask, Don’t Tell" policy today before the Armed Services Committee. Lambda Legal takes the case of a transgender public servant from Georgia who is suing for wrongful termination. A court panel denies former Fla. state representative Bob Allen's appeal to rescind his conviction of sexual solicitation from November 2007. Here's an update from Queerty on South Carolina's gay tourism flip-flop. The blog Gay Socialites remembers "Golden Girls" actress, Estelle Getty, who died yesterday. No snickers for Snickers after Masterfoods airs yet another problematic ad. Posted by Jason Haas
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