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From ‘Bar’s name leaves bad taste for some’, article by Huang LiJie, 19 Nov 2011, ST A BAR named Aushwitz at Circular Road yesterday removed its signboard after some members of the public said they were offended by its similarity to Auschwitz, the name of a World War II German concentration camp. Bar manager Maurice [...]
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From ‘This isn’t indecent… but this is’, 1 Oct 2011, ST Forum (Anand A. Vathiyar): WHAT is the fuss over American fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s giant advertisement, which the regulatory watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore (ASAS), saw fit to define as indecent (‘Abercrombie & Fitch ad ‘indecent’ but will stay for now’; [...]
Filed under: 2011, Advertisements, Animal abuse, Nudity, Orchard Road, Sex, Shopping malls | Tagged: Advertisements, Animal abuse, Campaigns/Elections, Nudity, Orchard Road, porn, pornography, Sex, shopping malls | 2 Comments »
From ‘Weight management ad draws ire’, article by Pearly Tan, 24 Sept 2011, TNP and ‘Controversial slimming ad sparks debate’, article by Liyana Low, sg yahoo news. FURIOUS netizens have been slamming local slimming company London Weight Management for its insensitivity depicting women and suicide. At scrutiny is the company’s latest television ad – which [...]
Filed under: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, 2011, Advertisements, Marriage, Singaporean women | Tagged: Advertisements, discrimination, fat women, Marriage, obesity, stereotyping | Leave a Comment »
From ‘Orchard Rd topless ad causes stir’, 25 June 2011, article in insing.com translated from LHWB A topless billboard ad along Orchard Road has caused a stir for its giant display of a chiselled male body. Only the model’s upper body can be seen, with a pair of extremely low-slung jeans hinting at his nether [...]
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From ‘Movie poster too raunchy’, 15 June 2011, article by Boon Chan in ST Life! The teaser poster for the dark Hollywood trailer The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which shows a topless actress with nipple piercing, has turned out to be too much of a tease…The Media Development Authority has asked that the poster [...]
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From ‘Sewage water travel ad leaves bad taste in mouth’, 3 June 2011, article in the New Paper IT WAS a cheeky advertisement to get Singaporeans to travel. But it appears to have backfired and has sparked an online furore among netizens here. The advertisement by travel agency Zuji Singapore which has appeared online and [...]
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From ‘Singlish is okay, bad English isn’t’, 7 April 2011, ST Forum online (Nicholas Aw): I FEEL compelled to express my abhorrence of the use of bad English in MediaCorp’s forthcoming quiz show ‘We Are Singaporeans’ – that is, if the trailers are anything to go by. It appears to me that the use of [...]
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From ‘Was bra ad appropriate?’, 29 March 2011, Voices, Today (Tan Chor Hoon): At 10.45 on a weeknight, as I was tuned in to a Mandarin current affairs programme, Focus, on Channel 8, I was appalled to see an explicit advertisement for a maximizer bra of a renowned lingerie brand. The approximately one-minute commercial featured [...]
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From ‘Ban all roadside ads’, 13 March 2011, Your letters, Sunday Times (Lucas Png): Roadside advertisements are becoming a more common sight, advertising anything from apartments to gyms. But are these ads legal?…I feel that such ads should not be allowed, even if advertisers pay. First, these ads distract drivers, which could lead to road [...]
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From ‘Does lingerie ad show women in right light?’, 16 Feb 2011, Today online. Thanks to quirkyhill. (Grace Leong): I saw a big lingerie advertisement near a bus stop along Pasir Ris Drive 1. It shows frontal view of a bigger-than-life semi-nude model, wearing only panties, her bare chest covered by her arms. …Are there [...]
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