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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Are these Indian ads making fun of Arab culture?



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update: OK, their mouths are exposed so they can eat. Is that insensitive? I think so. We have a traditional burqa, a belly dancer and a sheik in ads for the Radisson Blu in Chennai, India promoting Middle Eastern "street food". Indians or Arabs or knowledgeable world travelers, please weigh in. Ad agency: JWT Chennai. Related: Here's a Jones soda ad that mocked Arabs and pretty much everybody else in the world.

7 comments:

  1. Food = mouth ?

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  2. OK, that makes sense. But kinda insensitive, yes?

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  3. If they were going for William Tell themed food fest. yes.

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  4. PS: Last comment was completely sarcastic. Love what you are doing with your blog. One of the few mosaics left out there on the inter-um-nets. So thank you.

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  5. Anonymous7:22 PM

    Why does the woman's left armpit look like a shaved pussy?

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  6. "Anonymous said...

    Why does the woman's left armpit look like a shaved pussy?"

    You're desperate mind

    I looked at her and appreciated the fact she eats enough.

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  7. Anonymous10:29 AM

    > Why does the woman's left armpit
    > look like a shaved pussy?"

    subliminal advertising...

    I-)

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