I mean, I like broccoli as much as the next guy, but really…?

This, via Sports Illustrated, is probably the lede of the month:

A PETA-produced commercial designed to promote vegetarianism that features sexy, lingerie-clad models stroking various fresh-from-the-garden edibles has been deemed too suggestive by NBC and will not be shown during Sunday’s game.

I thought they were joking… until I watched the actual commercial (be warned, NBC’s label of “suggestive” was apt):

How to make a great ad…

This ad has been running for awhile, and I keep forgetting to post it, so here it is:

Directed by David Fincher, of Fight Club and Zodiac fame, the thing is just freakin’ inspiring…

Dark temptation indeed

I was flipping through channels during halftime of the Comboys-Redskins game yesterday, and I stumbled across this commercial:

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m having difficulties finding ways not to interpret this through the racial lens. Every human being in this commercial, with the exception of our made-of-chocolate protagonist, is an attractive white woman. And the scent is called ’dark temptation’. Is this as blatant as I think it is?