Is This Ad For Jamieson’s Raspberry Ale Sexist?
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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2:30PM, Friday October 16th 2009
Snow White has been made over into “Ho White,” smokin’ a fag after, apparently, a rockin’ roll in the hay with her favorite seven dwarves. The ad is for Australian brewery Jamieson’s raspberry ale which is being marketed as “anything but sweet.” The thing is, the company behind it, The Foundry, forgot to ask Disney’s permission to turn one of its fairy tale heroines in to a big ol’ gangbanging slut, and they’ve had to pull the ad. Too bad, because I think it’s more funny than offensive. [AdFreak]
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bogart4017
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 01:39 pm: [report]
Sex is always used to sell beer. Why be offended?
koshka
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 01:44 pm: [report]
does disney “own” snow white? i thought it was one of grimm’s fairytales…
amandabear
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 01:46 pm: [report]
More funny than offensive, definitely.
impoddity
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 02:10 pm: [report]
Grumpy’s just grumpy cause he got sloppy seventh’s.
tigerstripe
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 02:26 pm: [report]
It’s kind of sad to look at but the Snow-White-gets-around gag isn’t new.
wawmama
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 02:41 pm: [report]
Actually the old nordic myth that snow white is believe to be based on is closer to this than the disney or brother’s grim verson. Freya slept with the drawves to get the mythical necklace.
slip
wrote on October 17 2009 @ 09:44 am: [report]
Does anyone else think Snow White looks totally hot in that illustration?
Slip
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 17 2009 @ 02:11 pm: [report]
Anyone in the NYC area, I will give you the first trade paperback of Fables if you’ll read it. Snow White is much much cooler in that than this silly ad.
LiciMama
wrote on October 17 2009 @ 04:20 pm: [report]
I think the issue is it appears to be disney’s version of snow white, not grimm’s. Grimm’s would be fair game but not disney.