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To a non-sports fan like me, the only thing more annoying than the Super Bowl hype is the hoopla for all the damn commercials. They're commercials! They are costly productions designed to make you buy products. They were not designed to merely delight and amuse you. They are manipulations, not works of art, not mini movies, not something you should be praising. Having been in advertising, I can appreciate how fortunate these hucksters are to have you kvelling over their latest promotions. But when I see the network news doing a report on the new Super Bowl commercials, and see a program listing showing you all these latest ads (a program interrupted by commercials) all I can think is, "My god, Americans are gullible."
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About Me
- The Cranky Copywriter
- I am a retired copywriter. For 40 years I wrote for major agencies and developed some campaigns you would know. Like most writers, I love to give my opinion, and since I am so familiar with advertising this is the area I chose to comment on. Actually I'm not that cranky. I am as fond of as many things as I detest. But since most people only hear what one doesn't like, I might as well go with cranky.For my other blog idleideasfactory I am putting out there things I have written and ideas for books, screenplays, stage plays, and even products that I will not have time in life to follow through on. If anyone can profit from them, be my guest.
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