Category: Advertising
The Grim Fan Fiction Presented by the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial
In 2023, Wal-Mart has so “generously” allowed us to catch a glimpse into the lives of where the mean girls from 2004 are now. Not [Read More…]
Mean Girls x Wal-Mart Commercial: A None Too Subtle Trojan Horse for Capitalism Via Millennial Nostalgia
As the “reunion” that everyone’s been waiting for, it was practically inevitable that the Mean Girls “assembly” (high school pun intended) would disappoint. Mainly because, [Read More…]
“Seemingly Ranch” Taps Into Something Larger: Stale Americana, Mistrust In All Things and Gross U.S. Eating Habits
The inherent mistrust of our collective society was boiled down to two keywords in a caption on September 25, 2023: “seemingly ranch.” The off-handed comment [Read More…]
On Mentos’ Apparent Ability to Magically Imbue People With Skills They Should Already Have to Deal With the Inconveniences of Life and How Said Ad Campaign Surely Affected the Millennial Mind
Thinking back on all the reasons why millennials might be “the way they are” (i.e., “ill-equipped”), one culprit (apart from helicopter parents) that shouldn’t be [Read More…]
Quel Choc: Another Ad Where Lindsay Lohan Clings to the Past
With such a scant filmography to behold after “life” (read: addiction) kept getting in the way, the continued standout among Lindsay Lohan’s oeuvre remains 2004’s [Read More…]
For the Umpteenth Time, Lindsay Lohan Mocks Her 00s Persona for an Ad Campaign
For someone who keeps saying she’s changed long ago, and wants to forget about the part of her life that caused her to reign over [Read More…]
First They Took Glamor Out of Cinema, Now Out of M&M’s
There remains an ongoing stigma against Old Hollywood. A.k.a. what some now mockingly call its Golden Age. Some Golden Age, right? When women were thrust [Read More…]
And Just Like That… Peloton Manages to Create Another Offensive Ad
What isn’t retroactively disgusting nowadays? Usually, however, it takes a little bit longer for something to become so icky. And yet, with the acceleration of [Read More…]
Adele’s Amazon Commercial Opts for Home Alone 2 Pigeon Lady/Love Actually Homage
Wilson Phillips told us long ago to “hold on for one more day,” but now, apparently, we need Adele to tell us to as well—being [Read More…]
“My face is the real shop front”: Pepsi and Nike, Madonna and Lil Nas X
Not to make everything about Madonna (it simply is) in terms of her controversy parallels with Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” [Read More…]
