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Gillette faces backlash and boycott over '#MeToo advert'
BBC ^
| 1/15/2019
Posted on 01/15/2019 1:37:07 AM PST by McGruff
A Gillette advert which references bullying, the #MeToo movement and toxic masculinity has split opinion online.
The razor company's short film, called Believe, plays on their famous tagline "The best a man can get", replacing it with "The best men can be".
The company says it wants men to hold each other "accountable".
Some have praised its message, which aims to update the company's previous message about masculinity, but others say Gillette is now "dead" to them.
It currently has 23,000 likes and 214,000 dislikes, at time of writing - and it's increasing all the time.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dollarshaveclub; gillette; metoo; procterandgamble; razor; razors; shave; shaving; woke
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To: thoughtomator
Gillette is dead to me. No mas
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:11:34 AM PST
by
Maskot
(Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday!!!)
To: McGruff
This woman nails it on the larger issue:
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:13:12 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: McGruff
I always look to razor commercials for advice on how to behave morally. Doesnt everybody?
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:13:19 AM PST
by
djpg
To: McGruff
No mention of him in the BBC story...typically
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:15:52 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
Comment #25 Removed by Moderator
To: EEGator
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:19:35 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: McGruff
i switched to Schick razors around 5 years ago.
Cheaper and just as good.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:25:50 AM PST
by
mowowie
To: McGruff
I was at CVS looking to buy shaving cream. There was a sale on Gillette products. I took a look and got angry. I purchased the generic product and it was still cheaper.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:38:18 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: mowowie
To: OrioleFan
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:41:29 AM PST
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: McGruff
I’ve been holding off on switching razor companies despite Gillette’s fantastically overpriced products because of familiarity with them, and laziness.
No more. Never again Gillette unless and until the ad is retracted and a proper apology issued, including removal of those responsible.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:42:47 AM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
To: McGruff
Harrys is an excellent razor. Ditched Gillette years ago. Bic makes excellent disposable products although they are now French owned.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:52:15 AM PST
by
usafa92
(Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
To: C19fan
I buy my pink lady razors at the dollar store. Haven’t bought Gillette in years so I can’t boycott them.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:53:36 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: usafa92
They were always French owned.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:55:10 AM PST
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
To: SaveFerris
Where's the ad so I can post feedback?
Just placed an order with Harry's if you want to check out an alternative.
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posted on
01/15/2019 3:55:33 AM PST
by
Jim Noble
(Freedom is the freedom to say that 2+2 = 4)
To: McGruff
Bye Gillette like red lobster we have decided to make another company rich and famous and you can slowly and painfully disappear
To: McGruff
Hey, “Gloria Steinham” - just iron my damned shirts!
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posted on
01/15/2019 4:03:05 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: McGruff
Gillette. Now available exclusively at Target and JC Penny’s
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posted on
01/15/2019 4:04:02 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: McGruff
10 to one is not "split". It's a route - a total and complete PR disaster.
Gillette and whoever foisted this political correct, leftist bull@ on them should be experiencing an absolute nightmare for their idiocy, unless they are truly, and it's possible, too stupid to figure out what went wrong.
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posted on
01/15/2019 4:13:45 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Hubby and I both use Gillette.
Not any more.
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posted on
01/15/2019 4:14:03 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
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