Friday, October 21, 2011

Fighting AIDS with a trouser snake and other dated euphemisms.

(click ad, via) Goodby Silverstein & Partners' first poster for French safe sex nonprofit AIDES was good. This new one is bad. Trouser Snake? Bearded Clam? Are you targeting Baby Boomers? Also, it should be funny, right? I think we need to give the account back to TBWA Paris, who produced these superb award-winning posters in 2008, and this superb graffiti penis video last year.

posted by copyranter @ 10:10 AM 

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't think it's the baby boomers who are at risk of contracting HIV. So, that can't be the TA.

10:48 AM  
Blogger copyranter said...

Well, those are some dated euphemisms.

11:18 AM  
Anonymous dude said...

You almost can't compare these to the French ones (which are wonderful) but I still got a mild kick out of these. Different style, more lowbrow concept but it could have been much worse.

12:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Even Carl Cock-a-doo......". I see what you did there.

11:54 AM  
Anonymous Matt said...

Nothing good at all in this concept. Except fer the lesson that condoms increase your chances at anal sex. Sally the starfish indeed.

3:50 PM  

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