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From:
Lazlo Nibble
To:
Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Tue, 18 Mar 1997 23:47:33 -0700 (MST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Spice Girls
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<199703190647.XAA11962@kitsune.swcp.com>
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quoted 11 lines Shot of the Statue of Liberty in New York. The statue tears itself from> Shot of the Statue of Liberty in New York. The statue tears itself from > its foundations, walks into the water and there is a shot of it swimming > under the water with the torch held in front. Then there is a shot of > two guys fishing at the base of a cliff when with a great splash the > Statue of Liberty rises out of the water. The two guys then take a > refreshing swig of fizzy soft-drink B and the one says to the other: > "American?", the other: "Yeah, I could get used to it". After this cue > the funky music and the statue goes off to park itself in the middle of > Port Jackson next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. > > What the fuck do you call this!!!
Urrr, I call it a vaguely-amusing-sounding advertisement that carries across the idea of a US soft drink "arriving" in Australia by drawing an analogy with a common symbol of the US "arriving" in Australia. Your strong reaction implies that you think it's something else -- something very very bad, maybe bordering on evil. I'd love to know what that is . . . -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ::: Internet Music Wantlists: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo/Wantlists