Shall I shop for you, par rum pum pum pum...
Thanks to boingboing for bringing me this insanity -
It's a little difficult to make out the left side of this bizarre Japanese advertisement, so visit the original link.
Now I'll always picture Jesus whistling bad mall Muzak; his only cross to bear is apparently making sure he gets his girlfriend the perfect Christmas gift. Oh, the irony.
I particularly like Santa in the background. Nice touch.
I've spent the last 30 minutes staring at this thing instead of working, and all I can say is: "Whoa." I have absolutely no idea what it's supposed to mean. Every time I think I'm close, I notice something else.
They should use this picture to replace Rorschach blots.
posted by KOM @ 3:18:00 PM
7 Comments
7 Comments:
Oh man, that is sacrilarious.
But really though, that's a weird advertising angle no matter what religion is involved. I mean, how about an ad for Schindler's List with some metro-sexual douche stuffing presents into an oven while his hip buddies with rifles oversee the event? Oh wait, nobody steel that! I'm gonna go grab a pen...
JESUS!
Love to see them do that to Mohummad... or Buddah for that matter and see what reaction people get.
Don't people THINK that these things might be totally offensive to Christians/Catholics/nutters etc etc?
Glad i'm in buses, not advertising. But then again, we just shove that kind stuff on the back of our buses to tell you the truth, so we're no better.
Tis the season to...shop? Praise Jesus? Does anyone really know anymore?
Woooooooowwwww. Perhaps that went a bit far. Or perhaps they captured society and commercialism completely.
Thanks. Now I'll spend 30 minutes looking at this thing instead of sleeping!
Jason - Precisely. Not a little twisted, but yes. I may have mentioned it on this blog before, but the custom of wearing a cross is very odd to me. Imagine wearing an iron maiden, or if there were electric chairs on the top of every church...
Squishi - I don't think there's a large enough percentage of Japanese Christians for it to be a consideration. And my understanding is that the common belief there is that Christmas is the celebration of the death of Christ... so I don't think any offense was intended.
QofS & Kara - Exactly, but if it were in America. Since Japan is not inundated with the same "Christian culture" that we have here, it's difficult for me to imagine what was intended by the picture.
Porter - It's hard to tell, but actually he is just carrying a long box. The "cross" is formed by the stairway handrail. But I hear you about the grin. He must have indeed found the perfect gift. Or she's laughing at his suffering under the weight of the present.
I don't know. Really.
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