Besides, anyone who has ever watched a horror flick knows that it's thematic
that 1) only the sluts get axed, gored, stabbed, and evicerated, 2) the
virtuous girls (Jamie Lee Curtis) will survive, 3) wearing sandals or heels
instead of Nikes will probably guarantee your demise and 4) when you hear
the "chuh-che-che-che-che..hah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha" sound, don't open that door.
malmo
Oh, I forgot...5) when stopping for gas on the highway, don't eat the
sausages.
>
> >From RUNNERS WORLD http://www.runnersworld.com/ (text below)
>
> Lets see, thirty wealthy, insulated, angry, white lesbians are now
> protesting and demanding an apology from Nike for the "Horror" TV
> advertisement featuring Suzy. Can't remember if Suzy was
> dehydrated and fell
> down in that ad, too.
>
> QUESTION? Why aren't they protesting the HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS who made the
> films from which the ad parody was based? Seems to me the logical target.
>
> malmo
>
>
> Nike asked to apologize by Bob Wischnia
> A group of 30 high-profile women activists and entertainers have
> written an
> open letter to Nike founder Phil Knight, asking him to apologize for a TV
> advertisement that showed Olympic 1500-meter runner Suzy Favor Hamilton
> chased by a chain-saw wielding intruder.
> The letter says that the commercial, which was pulled from NBC after
> airing during Olympic telecasts is "insulting to women and horribly
> disrespectful to the many who have suffered and died in just such violent
> ways as this commercial portrays." The letter also says that the
> advertisement reduces the issue of violence against women to "a pitch for
> corporate sales" and asks for "an apology to the women and girls
> of America
> for such reckless use of images of violence perpetrated against us."
> Signers of the letter include authors Isabel Allende and Erica Jong,
> comedian Ellen DeGeneres, actress Shirley MacLaine, singers
> Bonnie Raitt and
> the Indigo Girls and activists Gloria Steinem and Rita Smith, who is the
> executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
> Nike spokesman Scott Reames said that Nike does apologize to
> those who
> were offended by the ad. Reames added that so many people
> complained to Nike
> about the ad that it ranks among the top three for viewer response to Nike
> commercials.
> The advertisement - called "Horror" - showed Favor Hamilton getting
> ready to take a bath in a remote cabin when a slasher with a chain saw
> bursts in and chases her. Favor Hamilton outruns the attacker.
>
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