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- vanilla_cam
alright, so me and this mrs. got into an interesting argument last night. i never heard of it before, but i would love to know what you guys think of all of this.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/peo…
http://jezebel.com/368655/is-vog…
- sureshot0
jungle fever its happens all the time.
- morilla0
there is a different vintage poster that even looks more similar to the vogue cover. It's pretty much dead on.
- sfeske0
wow, uh huh... i have no real comment
- I agree 100%sureshot
- no comment?
vanilla_cam - no comment.sureshot
- i didn't either until she started yelling at me.vanilla_cam
- good call!sureshot
- haha, pick your battlessfeske
- detritus0
I guess that depends on whether you believe there is a direct corollary between gorillas and black people being comparable.
Personally, I think it's fair enough to draw the similarities between anyone vaguely thickset or brutish and the largest simian, but that's just me.
Though, I am a horrific racist.
- LOL @ last line.Jnr_Madison
- That first sentence doesn't make sense. I'm going to bed.detritus
- Jaline0
- these images will burn my wife, thanks jaline!!!vanilla_cam
- uh..yeah....but you're on the side that it's not strange? I see some very weird racial things going on here...Jaline
- sounds like an interesting class as well. but is it not our own prejudices that spin these ads this way? can't we get past that?vanilla_cam
- No, you're right about that. The Playstation ones, on the other hand, are very obvious. Not so much the Gisele ones.Jaline
- i think there is something wrong, yeah. but i figure if the two represented are fine with it, who cares what the public thinks?vanilla_cam
- I did note that people shouldn't be making a huge deal out of this.Jaline
- But then we have to think about if there's a line, and if there is a point when it has been or is crossed.Jaline
- isn't this stuff apparent during the shoot? in that case it's up to the artist and those directly involved?vanilla_cam
- or some ass at vogue looking for publicity.vanilla_cam
- They know what they're doing.Jaline
- Ads are very intentional.Jaline
- I have to say, I thought those Playstation ads were very well done... controversial sure, but I didn't really have a problem with them, nor did any of my friends (black, white, yellow, purple, green, didn't matter).ismith
- them, nor did any of my friends (black, white, yellow, purple, green, didn't matter).ismith
- I liked them, but the racial stuff was obvious. Sony can't deny they did it on purpose, and it got them more attention.Jaline
- So they basically achieved what they wanted in the end. But I think some ads were pulled.Jaline
- vanilla_cam0
sorry, i'm bored at work and just curious. i think the whole thing is ridiculous. i would have never gotten the bullshit reference if the media didn't spin it as so.
- Jnr_Madison0
Serioulsy though, who gives a fuck?
- Mellimelvin0
If this was Brian Urlacher and Gisele would you still be offended?
For what it's worth I hope LeBron beat it up! Then next cover will have Tom Brady with a single tear on his cheek.