- This topic has 4 voices and 4 replies.
-
Posts
-
These are some interesting ads because, well, they are clearly relegated to the annals of history.http://www.businesspundit.com/13-most-evil-vintage-ads-in-history/
I think the selection of what constitutes an evil ad says more about the writer than about the ads themselves.
I think the selection of what constitutes an evil ad says more about the writer than about the ads themselves.
It did occur to me that the writer went overboard in his analysis, to his own detriment (since when is showing a black chauffer driving for a white family automatically meant to "reaffirm the social supremacy of the white folks ready to be driven"??).But with some of those ads, you know they would never fly today...like "Blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere."
I don't think the past has a monopoly on tasteless advertising, there is plenty of it around today as well. I am certain that these adds were perfectly acceptable at the time they were run. The guys judgments on them are a perfect example of judging the past by current standards; one of the biggest fallacies a historian can engage in.
