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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Wow, me agreeing with Aquageek. It feels strange.
I don't believe I've seen the new anti-drug commercials, but I would be inclined to grant them a little artistic license. Keep in mind they have about 30 seconds to illustrate in a memorable fashion the physical, psycological, legal, financial and political effects on individuals and communities of chronic, compulsive use controlled substances. A little reasoning by analogy is not out of line. Remember the old ad, "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs." Does one snort of cocaine litterally cause your skull to crack open and you brain to fall into a hot frying pan? No (but one snort of cocaine did cause a fatal heart attack in Len Bias--a conditioned, professional athlete), but we get the picture.
In my opinion (to stray farther afield) some of the best anti-drug messages resulted from the much maligned policy of rewarding network TV programs for anti-drug messages they incorporated into the plot line. I don't want to stray into the ethics of the government paying producers to insert a message in popular shows, but when a show like E.R. presents a highly realistic and unflattering picture of what can happen to people who abuse drugs, that image stays with you far longer than any public service announcement.
Matt
Wow, me agreeing with Aquageek. It feels strange.
I don't believe I've seen the new anti-drug commercials, but I would be inclined to grant them a little artistic license. Keep in mind they have about 30 seconds to illustrate in a memorable fashion the physical, psycological, legal, financial and political effects on individuals and communities of chronic, compulsive use controlled substances. A little reasoning by analogy is not out of line. Remember the old ad, "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs." Does one snort of cocaine litterally cause your skull to crack open and you brain to fall into a hot frying pan? No (but one snort of cocaine did cause a fatal heart attack in Len Bias--a conditioned, professional athlete), but we get the picture.
In my opinion (to stray farther afield) some of the best anti-drug messages resulted from the much maligned policy of rewarding network TV programs for anti-drug messages they incorporated into the plot line. I don't want to stray into the ethics of the government paying producers to insert a message in popular shows, but when a show like E.R. presents a highly realistic and unflattering picture of what can happen to people who abuse drugs, that image stays with you far longer than any public service announcement.
Matt
