Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Disneyland Paris ungloves Mickey Mouse...


(click ad) ...revealing his freaky four-fingered human hands. "Hey kids, who wants to hold hands with Mickey?" According to the press note from ad agency BETC Euro RSCG in Paris, "...this classic 'thumbs up' sign emulates the effect that Disneyland Paris has on children worldwide. However, on closer inspection, the hand in this visual only has three fingers – just like Mickey Mouse. By offering a potentially human element to Mickey Mouse this campaign radically challenges children’s perception of Disneyland and is a further incite (sic) to visit." Nooo. It's an "incite" for children to scream and piss themselves while stampede the Hell out of the park. What next? WALL-E rubbing one out (image via)? previous frightening children's ads: KKKlay-doh. Swedish Fish—a friend you can eat.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Jen said...

This can't be right. Mickey is black.

5:01 PM  
Blogger Matt Osborne said...

Who knew that complex syndactyly could lead to a career as a Disney hand-model?

7:49 AM  
Blogger Teenie said...

An AD once told me you should never, ever--under any circumstance--distort the human body for an ad. I doubted her then, but I've yet to see anything to prove her wrong...

8:54 AM  

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