What Comes After Afterthekiss.com? (Trees And Things)

nmiguy: Re: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:29:05 EST

Are you giving strategic advice for the gay rights movement here, or are you expressing support for Snickers?

Eh, neither. I am just expressing my opinion, or rather defending my opinion of "big deal". I figure I've said too much on a

profwhat: Re: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:47:14 EST

Where are the bunched panties of which you speak? It's not like I launched a March on Washington over this. Snickers emitted a crass and objectionable advertisement into the culture, and that gives everyone the right to complain.

You see,

nmiguy: Re: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:12:53 EST
Okay so it was an advertisement targeted at bigoted people. So? Do you think that some non-bigoted person will see this and suddenly be like "yeah, y'know snickers is right, gay people are just plain icky"?
My point is, what's the bi

logan: Re: What Comes After Afterthekiss.com?

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:05:09 EST
What I find interesting is that our heros' first reaction after kissing another man was to wax their chests. OK, technically they ripped out some chest hair, but it works out the same. The Steve Martin/John Candy buddy comedy good old days

profwhat: Re: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:26:17 EST
First of all, I like this place and everything, but a rant on TNT does not yet equal "publicity."
Second of all, I have an even more paranoid suspicion about their motive than you have. This wasn't a publicity ploy. This was advertising targ

dzetetes: Re: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:54:39 EST
I'm not sure that the conventional wisdom that any publicity is good publicity applies when you're trying to sell a product that people don't need and to which there are many tasty alternatives.
I suppose we'll see what happens to sales of Snicke

nmiguy: Re: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:38:59 EST
So, wtf? Is Snickers hiring skinheads to write its ad scripts? I don't care if it never aired; they've got a long-haired predatory homosexual on screen, and they don't realize that's problematic until a gay guy calls them up? And, excu

profwhat: What went on Afterthekiss.com?

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:21:05 EST
The Afterthekiss.com web site featured video of NFL players watching and commenting on the ad. Among their comments:
As Desmond Clark watches the ads he reacts with "Whoa! Wh

thefadd: Re: missed opportunity

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:37:40 EST
Yeah but just look at the whole advertising campaign they had going on before that. A 20-30 something black guy sitting at a desk with a middle aged white guy asking can I help you enjoy that snickers then he serenades him. Before that it was the whole fir

wetkarma: missed opportunity

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:33:58 EST
I discussed this ad with my friends, and we all agreed that this was a missed advertizing opportunity. You could have done the same ad in a corporate boardroom with a guy and a girl engaging in "the kiss" , while one snicker bar is left on the table to be