Here is a question for you…why do Cialis commercials ALWAYS show people in separate bath tubs in random locations? ALWAYS. I am no marketing or symbolism guru, but I like to think that I “get” advertising. I know why in car commercials the ground is always wet (to make the car seem shinier) and why in grocery stores the store/cheaper brand is on the low shelves (people are more apt to buy items at eye level) but I don’t see the meaning of two claw foot tubs.
Since it is an ED commercial (sorry for the sore subject guys) why not show a couple snuggling in a blanket or sneakily creeping away to their room or a tent, something close to realistic. I’ve been in neighborhoods with all types of things in the yard: cars on blocks, playhouses, HUGE sculptures and even a human size checkerboard, but never have I seen two claw footed bathtubs with running hot water. Because when you think about it even if you did have those tubs in your yard, soaking in cold hose water isn’t very tempting and not good for guys anyway. Why not, I don’t know, use a hot tub…or would that be too risqué for a commercial urging people to do the horizontal tango whenever “the moment hits”? But let’s go imagine a likely scenario….you look out your window and “oh gosh golly” there are your middle aged neighbors buck naked in their backyard in his and hers clawfoot tubs. But the car crash effect takes place and you can’t get yourself to look away because now one of them is moving. [Feel free to imagine the male or the female]. As Neighbor A (now referred to as A) starts to get out of the tub you realize how not sexy getting out of a tub can be (that and A is completely pasty white). A’s feet keep slipping in the tub, water sloshing everywhere, hands slipping on the sides of the tub…totally not sexy or subtle for that matter. Then comes the transfer to Neighbor B’s tub just a few inches away. There’s slippage, more water sloshing around, and a very unsexy pose when A has one foot in each tub and once A is in the tub all the water is pushed out….one breeze and well…it gets chilly. Yeah, sounds like a very “productive” evening, woo freakin hoo. All I’m saying is….a hot tub or even a kiddie pool would be more believable! lol
I don't get it!
