In some ways, vulnerability to parody is the acid test of political advertising. The Life on Mars David Cameron poster that backfired so spectacularly, for example.
True, everything can be parodied, but some adverts are more vulnerable than others. It’s a case, perhaps, of the parody containing more truth than the original. This one, I Believe, is particularly ill-judged because the grounds for criticism of Islam as a religion are all, neatly, exposed by it. It’s a perfect vehicle for accurate criticisms of the religion it seeks, disingenuously, to defend.
You’d think PR firms would learn. But then, is there anything that can’t be parodied?
In some ways, vulnerability to parody is the acid test of political advertising. The Life on Mars David Cameron poster that backfired so spectacularly, for example.
True, everything can be parodied, but some adverts are more vulnerable than others. It’s a case, perhaps, of the parody containing more truth than the original. This one, I Believe, is particularly ill-judged because the grounds for criticism of Islam as a religion are all, neatly, exposed by it. It’s a perfect vehicle for accurate criticisms of the religion it seeks, disingenuously, to defend.
I know nothing about this campaign, so forgive me if I’m a little confused. Which is the parody? Which is the original?
I’m not from the UK, so forgive me for being confused. Which is the parody and which is the original?
The bottom one is the original, though arranged slightly differently than intended by its producers, I expect.
She has a black eye in the bottom one, right?
Edmund Standing looks more closely at Sultana Tafadar (the woman in one of the posters)