Sunday, February 07, 2010

Super Bowl Commercial

OK, most of you will be watching the Super Bowl today. Lets see how many of you remember this 1997 commercial from Holiday Inn…



The ad was yanked right after it was shown and according to Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) was because…
This spot -- perhaps the first to deal with sex-changing transsexualism -- was very popular in the ad industry and received positive reviews. Nonetheless, unhappy Holiday Inn's franchisees and a call-in campaign from the Southern Baptists convinced the hotelier to yank the spot after its $1 million debut on the Super Bowl -- thus few people ever saw it.
The interesting thing about the ad, the LGBT was split 50/50 on whether the commercial was transphobic. Me, I liked the ad, maybe because I have friends who went back to their class reunions.

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