Friday, February 06, 2009

AD: "WHAT HAS WEED DONE FOR YOU?"

I usually hate anti-drug commercials - and I'm somebody who doesn't do drugs. But this one is so determinedly insipid that I can't help but guffaw everytime it airs; it's everything: the general fog of cluelessness, the careless faux-Stereolab space-age bachelor-pad muzak, and the montage of the various characters nodding in moronic agreement. If I were running this particular advertising campaign, I would continue to keep it in circulation, but over time I'd tack on additional, ever-more-frightening scenarios: "I crashed my car and wound up in traction!" "I broke my best friend's jaw!" "I accidentally smoked my hemp couch and almost burned down my house!" etc.

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