Please Make It Stop

This VW ad begs the question : Did they have to exhume Gene Kelly to rape his corpse? (via Waxy) For corporate America’s next trick, they should replace the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz with a pair of Nikes or use Don Corleone’s death scene from The Godfather in a commercial for Sunkist oranges.


posted by greg on January 31, 2005 @ 12:45 pm

2 comments

  1. Hey, individuals don’t own their personas, didn’t you know that? BTW, don’t miss the Jerry Garcia Alfredo at Moe’s…

    Comment by PSoTD — January 31, 2005 @ 1:03 pm

  2. That is SOOOO much worse than what they did to Fred Astaire. Fuck, the reason Gene Kelly is revered is that he was one of the most amazing dancers that ever lived; to reduce him to popping and locking doesn’t constitute ‘updating’ so much as ‘profaning.’

    Comment by jwer — January 31, 2005 @ 1:14 pm

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