Friday, October 22, 2010

rorschach test



Do you think this depicts a woman being raped? The government of Australia does. They banned the billboard.

Evidence? Supposedly this woman looks terrified. Not seeing it. She looks kinda bored and vacant to me, as most models do. Evidence part 2? The guy on the right is holding her by the hair. Um, anything I say right here will get me in trouble, so let's just skip that one. Evidence against? What the hell is the guy in the lower left supposed to be doing? Love his facial expression: "Jesus Christ, will ya hurry it up? I'm sick and tired of waiting on you people while you spontaneously decide to fuck in schoolyards."

Anyway, the most distasteful part of this whole thing to me is that Calvin Klein has been using this same basic ad campaign since 1992 or so. Get a new idea, people. Maybe one that actually incorporates the jeans you're shilling!

xoxo

1 comment:

Uncle said...

Not rape, and you're right, not even shocking anymore. Time for a new idea, Cal.