tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972223.post111880482036264016..comments2023-10-24T09:21:29.556-05:00Comments on Windy City Blues: "Progress" stinksElwood Grobnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992607959776339605noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972223.post-1118813863294176892005-06-15T00:37:00.000-05:002005-06-15T00:37:00.000-05:00Oh, but it's such a cute forehead. :)I'm all about...Oh, but it's such a cute forehead. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm all about *better* advertising. If it's interesting, I'll watch. I'm actually quite fond of the "Don't Be Jack" ad campaign on the buses. I'm squicked out by the Hummer ad, but I've learned when to avert my eyes when I'm riding downtown. An entire el car advertising shampoo, however, is boring. Unnecessary. The placard that says, "Ladies, I can show you how to make more money part time than your husband does full time!" give me an opportunity to ponder what's up with our twisted gender roles and why it would be worth stuffing envelopes and getting paper cuts on your soul, even if you could make that much money. It also concerns me that some folks will fall prey to these ads. And I cheer every time I see one of those "Considering Abortion?" placards scrawled over--correctly!--with "ANTI-CHOICE, ANTI-WOMAN".<BR/><BR/>I like el ads more than bus ads because they're more likely to be interactive art. My big problem with the H3 movie is that I can't get in the tunnel to create a counter-ad. <BR/><BR/>And--advertisers are whining because they can't target their CTA ads to specific neighborhoods?? Hello, this is a <I>transit</I> ad. Thus, "in transit". I can only imagine what kind of ads the Western bus would have to carry, to appeal to every ethnic and S-E group on the route.Tropehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928158609657128952noreply@blogger.com