These advertisements for City Mall on the first page of two of today’s newspapers combine skimpy models, security check paraphernalia and heavy sexual innuendo (especially in the first one) to advertise themselves.
In a way, the ads are ingenious if bordering on exploitative. People are scared to go shopping because of all the bombs, but with such babes making sure no bombs are coming in, perhaps we should go spend some bucks.
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The panting dog is a brilliant touch. If Solomon2 envies anything, it’s the Lebanese skill at advertising. Is this your work or someone else’s, Mustapha?
Yeah, I also noticed the panting dog (mind you, the dog’s face has the same angle as the girl’s face
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Nop, not my work.
Sales for those posters could boost the economy. Add T-shirt sales, no foreign aide needed.
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Seems that no matter what is going on, people will try to also get a buck…
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And we Americans thought you guys in the Middle East were the stuffiest people on Earth when it came to sexy ads. The above two ads would be described as typical commercial fare over here. Well done.