Is any one else bugged with the quality of swimming shown in commercials. It is very rare to see any one who is at all smooth in the water. It especially bugs me in health club ads as they are showing what people are striving for & the swimmers are flailers.(There is a lite beer ad where a man & a women are racing & they are clearly swimmers) Surely there must be some actors who really swim.
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Swimr4life mentioned the Nike commercial and reminded me of something Nike did a while back. They ran a commercial using Samburu tribesmen in Kenya wearing their shoes. At the end, one of the guys looked at the camera and rattled off something in his native language. Nike subtitled what he said as "Just do it."
A college professor here in the US who teaches that language saw it and called his local media. The guy didn't say "Just do it." He said, "I don't want these. Give me big shoes." Nike admitted that they took liberties with the translation, believing that no one in the US would know what he said.
Swimr4life mentioned the Nike commercial and reminded me of something Nike did a while back. They ran a commercial using Samburu tribesmen in Kenya wearing their shoes. At the end, one of the guys looked at the camera and rattled off something in his native language. Nike subtitled what he said as "Just do it."
A college professor here in the US who teaches that language saw it and called his local media. The guy didn't say "Just do it." He said, "I don't want these. Give me big shoes." Nike admitted that they took liberties with the translation, believing that no one in the US would know what he said.
