AdFreak takes vocal issue with this spot for Oven Pride, which got the clear in the UK after riotous accusations that it was sexist.* (Okay, maybe “riotous” is overstating.)
The ad’s not sexist, our buddy blog says; it’s just idiotic. And yeah, we’re inclined to agree. Even taking into account that British humour is different from the American variety, everything from the man’s chimpanzee behaviour to the narrator’s forced “mm-hm-hm!” at the end gives us the ad-willies.
It’s just a low-budget piece, screenwritten, no doubt, by housewives that produce skits for the local Pentecost. Speaking of housewives, know what yours needs? A shiny new set of Madison Avenue cookware.
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* So dudes don’t like being called useless? I guess we can take away the bell then.
