Posted on 09/13/2004 7:37:46 AM PDT by presidio9
A TV advert that features a lingerie-clad woman caressing a carving knife and then scrubbing blood from the floor is causing controversy, just days after it hit the airwaves.
The ad for supermodel Elle Macpherson's Intimates lingerie line features several vignettes by fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti. One spot titled "Kitchen" begins with a woman in bra and knickers pensively handling a large knife, then segues to her scrubbing blood from the floor.
A middle segment, not shown on TV because it features frontal nudity but available on the company's Web site, has two naked women stalking each other in a knife fight. Macpherson said in a statement she loves the "cinematic mystery" of the ads.
The TV standards campaign group MediaWatch has said it plans to file a complaint with media regulator Ofcom. The ads, which also drew complaints when they were aired in Australia, will only be shown after 9 p.m. under guidelines set by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre.
An Intimate print ad that showed a woman with her thumbs insider her knickers was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority in March.
I bet she has a pretty smile!
"They have to come up with plots
for CSI, too . . ."
LOL I stand corrected.
I need more photo evidence to decide how revolting this ad truly is.
It is still considered porn. The difference is that now porn is in our faces, in our living rooms, in our mailboxes instead of in the red light district where it belongs. It's also not called porn anymore -- it's called "art."
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Those looked forged to me.
"Beach wear used to be for the beach. I hate to show my age, but this used to be considered porn."
I wouldn't call it porn, but it is excessively suggestive. The implants are also excessive. I am not a fan.
Those women aren't Islamic....not in the least.
I'll take the one on the left.
Does this suit make me look fat?
Isn't Elizabeth Edwards the 3rd from the left?
No, just three. That's him - second from the right.
All things being relative...the redhead on the end is kinda cute.
Some girls try it 'n' go on a diet
Then they worry 'cause they's too fat
Who wants t'ride on a ironin' board?
That ain't no fun...I tried me one
Grow that meat all over yer bones
Work the wall with the local jones
'N' while you do it, remember this line
The Sniffer says it all the time
"THE BIGGER THE CUSHION, THE BETTER THE PUSHIN'
THE BIGGER THE CUSHION, THE BETTER THE PUSHIN' ..."
[Zappa, SEX, from The Man From Utopia]
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