I just came across this hilarious commercial for Huggies after watching a fascinating segment on Nightline about the diaper industry, which is apparently a $7 billion industry annually in the United States. I watch a lot of TV, so I’m surprised I haven’t seen this ad, but then again, I’m not exactly the target audience. The commercial is for a limited edition ‘Jean Diapers‘ from Huggies with the tagline, “The coolest you’ll look pooping your pants.” I have no idea why Huggies decided to have an Asian dude on a scooter watching a baby walk on the street in his jean diapers, especially since the commercial looks like its supposed to be in Western Europe.
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Megumi Tembata wrote:
really? no idea? I think it is indicating that the baby with this new “fashionable” diaper makes his so cool (because chicks are even checking him out), and the baby is even cooler than this geeky looking Asian guy. well if I need to guess, this is what I think… it could be any one/ethnicity but it deliberately used an Asian guy there. Not that I agree with the message thro…
Posted on 28-Jul-10 at 11:21 pm | Permalink
moye wrote:
…Asians don't exist in Western Europe?
Posted on 28-Jul-10 at 11:44 pm | Permalink
csc3 wrote:
forget the asian guy, i'm more annoyed by the overuse of puns in the ad -_-
Posted on 29-Jul-10 at 2:40 pm | Permalink
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