Well-targeted advertising.
- 25th Mar, 2017 at 9:51 PM
I just caught this advert for James Wellbeloved dog food, and it gave me FLOODS of tears.
I don't feed this particular food to my dogs because it doesn't suit Brythen, but apparently their ad team know how to neatly press all of my buttons.
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Or have I missed something? I went back and rewatched it in case I'd missed the fact that he only wanted to motorbike in order to take his beloved dog to the countryside, which would be fair enough, and a nice message. But I think the implication is that he gave up on the motorbike dreams in order to carry a large bag of dog food by foot all the way into the countryside, and...
Okay. I'm over-analysing this, aren't I? I should stop. And I DID cry. :-D
Possibly there should have been a shot of JWB being fed to dog in megacity to clarify this important issue. I mean, they must be eating *something*. But I think of JWB as a relatively affordable brand. Perhaps this is colouring my vision.