Posted on 01/29/2005 7:48:01 PM PST by Hildy
Robert De Niro and American Express are being criticized for a new 30-second TV ad airing in the U.S. and the U.K. which includes shots of the now barren site of the World Trade Center. In the ad, directed by Martin Scorsese, De Niro walks through New York, referring to "My East .. my West Side." When he arrives at Ground Zero, he remarks, "My heartbreak." (The spot's tagline is: "My life. My card.") Brand Republic, an online publication covering advertising and marketing, said that the spot is drawing flak for exploiting the 9/11 tragedy.
DeNiro sucks.
Who cares if it's a money thing by AmEx, inspite of what the hippies would have you believe money doesn't make everything it touches evil.
Who's going to buy a 30 second commercial that doesn't sell anything?
Why should it attack Islam? For one thing not all of Islam did the attack, for another thing that's 1.2 billion potential customers they'd be anoying.
How do you make a non-profit ad? Your demands range between the idiotic and the delusional, now we understand why you don't work on Madison Ave. The madness here is all yours, from seeking reasons to get mad to insane demands that no company in the history of capitalism would take seriously.
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