American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Ballsy Advertising

A lot of companies are hesitant to take a stand on what they consider social or political issues. They feel the best bet is to keep their mouths shut and, by doing so, no one can have too big an issue with them. Not Manhattan Mini Storage!
The New York Sun reports that a new(-ish) billboard [...]

Bottled v. Tap Water

Okay, the other day I complained about the New York Times with their “Times Select” Feature that they slap onto popular articles so you actually have to pay to read them, well they did it again with another article I was planning on writing about here. Almost came to be that you wouldn’t be able [...]

Money for Nothing

Carlsburg is a beer that has recently been doing some popular advertising in London.
Taking £5,000 of £10 and £20 notes they slapped stickers on each of them saying: “Carlsberg don’t do litter. But if they did it would probably be the best litter in the world.”
They then proceeded to place (or drop) the notes randomly [...]

Bad Taste?

Okay, I am questioning myself here, maybe I am wrong about this, but is it me or do these new viral ads for the Nokia N95 look a bit too much like ads for spousal abuse awareness?
The profiled picture, the lack of identifying features, just the “wound” of a keyboard slapped across the face. Similar [...]

Models & Drugs: A Perfect Combo

Clothing company Sisley has a new ad campaign out now called Fashion Junkie. We’ve all heard the term before (or some variation on it) and think nothing of it.
Well, Sisley actually did start to think about it and decided to run with it, producing a line of ads depicting addiction (at least to [...]

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