National Stereotypes in Advertising

I like this ad because it portrays stereotypes in a negative light through farce AND it sends a clever message about the product.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gASTTppXM48

This ad is a field day of stereotypes. It’s incredible to me the extent to which it stereotypes gays PLUS a number of races and nationalities.
I’m not at all surprised it hasn’t been aired in the U.S.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jSKpSWrbeyg

I was searching for this ad that I saw while watching the NHL playoffs and I found it on youtube (funny story): I HATED the ad because I feel like it really blatantly uses female sex appeal to try to rent cars to men (their target audience is probably, for the most part, men because [...]

The propaganda and symbolism in this ad disgust me. It’s so over the top and, I think you’ll agree with me, that, based on this, the idea of joining the Marines is terrifying. How did this ad happen???
I thought it was particularly interesting in light of our recent poster-viewing outing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lDZ2fMHTvwk

I LOVE THIS AD. The sound the guy makes is priceless. Clever ad, with an excellently humorous shock-value.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_MEpzRGgtok

This ad is perfect for National Stereotypes. It shows an Irish man and the music in the background is super “Irishy” and then… there’s a twist. It’s interesting the way it plays with the stereotypes to throw in a surprise factor.
http://www.advertisementave.com/tv/ad.asp?u_player=realplayer&adid=291

This ad cracked me up but when I researched it, I found that it had been somewhat controversial and Federline ended up issuing an apology.. People saw it as an insult to people who work in the restaraunt industry… I think this brings up a number of really widespread stereotypes about that industry. I’m not [...]

I love this ad. I completely expected it to be a Corona ad, but instead it turned out to be a clever Geico ad… See if you are reminded of Corona too.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nncGq6wPLXo

I initially had NO idea what was going on in this ad, but it made me smile. It definitely uses the shock factor to catch the viewer’s attention
http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/images/US/en/deals/rock.mov

I’ve been watching a lot of sports lately and sports-watchers apparently attract a lot of erectile enhancement advertisement. Vazomyne was SO straightforward about their product and portrayed women in SUCH a shallow light that I thought I should post the website.
http://www.vazomyne.com/?microppcsite=google&microppcterm=[vazomyne]