um. bambi does bosch? (sorry – new here.)

It’s the second-most refreshing summer drink after Gin and Tonic, and actually, it ends up being more refreshing because I can knock back lots of it on a hot day.

Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be in expensive tubby little bottles, because it can be bought in the almost-2-litre size for triple the price of pop, but not more than I feel it’s worth.

A kids’ drink? I don’t think the colour is vivid enough to qualify.

I think Hillary, because of her work on health care, would also make a great Secretary of HHS–though that’s not a powerful position in the Cabinet.

Where can one get Orangina? I love blood oranges.

I think most of the sexuality stuff went over my kid’s head until he was ready to question it. I guess I was lucky. I’ve always felt responsible for any censoring that was necessary, and never trusted TV very much anyway. When groups start saying censoring is needed for the good of children, I like to remind people that it’s their business to know what their children watch.

“From what I understand, at the moment in France censorship is self-regulated. The agencies and clients regulate themselves to ensure no lines are crossed. However, that’s about to change. Sarkozy will be instigating some kind of government regulation. However, I hope this would make it through that. It’s more silly than it is dirty, and if you catch all the sexual innuendoes you’re probably old enough to be watching them.”

The print ads aren’t as fun. Without the movement and the soundtrack, they’re just animal pin-ups:
http://commercial-archive.com/node/141108

… and here we have a comic strip about the making of the video.
http://www.wordsandpicturesonline.com/11-19-07.html

Huh…

Also golden showers, ewwe way gross.

Regardless, burlesque isn’t a mysterious lost art of 1890s Paris. Bette Midler made her name doing campy ’70s burlesque in NYC bathhouses and cabarets, and her act could be *very* indelicate. Remember The Birdcage (La Cage aux Folles)? It’s partly about the tug-of-war between being an over-the-top burlesque performer at night and a blandly normal couple in everyday life. At the time there was a lot of interesting commentary on the flight from sexy humor in pop culture.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,291674,00.html

I assume a lot of the reaction is because of the idea that Orangina is a kids’ drink. I do agree that a lot of the sexy images in the ad are now associated more with the porn industry and decidedly UNartistic strip clubs. I also think the makers of the ad incorporated some images that reference *current* stripping and porn in pop culture (the Chippendale thong, the money shot), and they could have (but didn’t) balance that out with more female-dominant tropes from burlesque. But it ends with that greatest romance trope of all: the taming of the macho male, two straws in a shared drink bottle, fadeout to sunset. Really, I’d think a romance audience would be all over it.

My brain is bringing up the thought that sometimes “cells” can refer to paranormal activity in the way of ghosts. So it wouldn’t exactly be a “ghost” because it doesn’t have a body and other things typical of ghosts. But a place with lots of paranormal activity might have cells of paranormal activity. Or maybe when there is not one specific “ghost”. But at one time I had seen every episode of TAPs on tv, so there is lots of paranormal information running around my brain.

And that ad was definitely not child appropriate. And I can see how they would have a problem. Because while I merely thought it was weird and a little bit creepy, when you combine sugary soda + furry animals you would think it equals sex. But yeah, points for creativity. Is it a big sealer in European strip clubs you think?