Comments on: Weekly Ad Uncoiling: queer-travel.de

By: Gay Boi

Gay Boi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:27:19 +0000

Ha ha Mount Assmore indeed.

Creativity at its best

By: Von K

Von K — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:27:10 +0000

“what other landmarks are in need of such wonderful re-invention?”

The Washington Monument in DC would make a great giant phallus.

By: bg

bg — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:18:02 +0000

I thought the Lincoln Tunnel was in NYC.

By: Geek

Geek — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:12:12 +0000

“If gays aren’t offended by it, why are you?”

Well, at least one is.

By: Seth

Seth — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:25:45 +0000

Just got done with four years of grad school out in the Dakotas, so maybe I can answer your question for ya. The majority of South Dakotans you’ll meet probably won’t have any problems with this.

The ones I talked with about it are typically for civil unions, but want to keep religious marriage hetero only. I personally don’t think that’s going far enough for equality, but I guess I can logically understand the religious side of it remaining separate. Though I still think religion’s all a nice myth anyways, so what does it matter what you call your civil unions?

That being said, there is a very scary and disconcerting aspect to the American Plains in the form of religious sects. That’s where a majority of them are located, one of the most notorious South Dakota ones being convicted pedophile Warren Jeffs Mormon sect. The government is supposedly monitoring things, but the Plains are a very big place. It’s quite likely there’s Branch Davidian type crap going down out there in the more remote areas.

By: Tequila

Tequila — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:58:57 +0000

*wiping away a tear* God Bless America!

Can’t wait to see what they do with other national landmarks…actually what other landmarks are in need of such wonderful re-invention?

By: Warren

Warren — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:12:24 +0000

Geek, I don’t personally find the ad offensive, and I’m not sure why you’re getting upset on my behalf. (I’m ass… uming you’re not gay.)

If gays aren’t offended by it, why are you?

By: Geek

Geek — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:08:29 +0000

“But as an ad made by a gay-friendly company for a gay audience, it totally works.”

Yeah, that’s mainly the problem. I can’t say I don’t see how and where it’s supposed to be funny, but that kind of atitude from gay people doesn’t really help, when most homophobes already think gays are just sexual deviant perverts with nothing else in mind.
It’s like, straight people like president faces, but gay people just wanna know about their asses.
Also, I don’t think that ad cares about the lesbian public!

By: dwight

dwight — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:09:43 +0000

I like big butts and I can not lie!

By: copyranter

copyranter — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:03:46 +0000

cappy: I can tell you from experience that that was probably a heated, silly debate between creative director/account supervisor, client/agency: period or modern clothing? Part of the reason they went with modern was probably because of the Don Martin cartoon mentioned by Peter S. Also, because they wanted today’s men’s butts.
But hey, bravo to the client for not going with the usual “smiling couple on a beach” travel ad.