The Motrin Controversy: Part 2
Posted
November 18, 2008 at
9:45 am by
Prescott
After Motrin’s controversial babywearing ad sparked a national outcry from baby slinging moms across the nation (or at least a tiny subset that uses Twitter), McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the maker of Motrin, has pulled the ad.
The power of blogs, people! Next thing you know, you’ll be harnessing this power to get a black man elected president!
But we kind of feel sorry for the poor Motrin folks. Obviously they put a lot of “thought” and “effort” into the making of their commercial, all for nothing but a gigantic onslaught of free publicity. So, to help them out, Kristen and I helpfully put together an alternative:
(view the original ad here)
Tags: babywearing, manufactured controversy, mcneil, Motrin, motrin ad spoof, motrin babywearing ad |
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1. Amy Lightholder
November 20, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
This is amazing. Most of the party is happening over on Kristen’s blog I guess. But you should totally get some comment love, because your video is
PURE.
UNADULTERATED.
AWESOME.
(make more!)
2. Prescott
November 20, 2008 @ 3:54 pm
Thanks! And yes, Kristen is the rock star, but since she writes for us that’s A-OK with me.