[lbo-talk] Mozart, plumber's helper

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Dennis Perrin" <dperrin at comcast.net>
>>
> > Whenever I think US advertising has reached the zenith in tackiness, it
> > soars anew to unsuspected heights of vulgarity.  I just saw a TV ad that
> > truly stunned me.  It was for some product to unstop toilets, and it 
>used
> > Mozart's Requiem -- one of the most transcendent compositions of all
>time --
> > as its background music.  Beyond vile.
> >
> > Carl
>
>Creative vulgarity, I call it. There's a tremendous amount of talent in the
>ad world, smart people too, so it doesn't surprise me that Mozart's Requiem
>was used for a toilet spot. To me, it's more a cry for help -- "I'm trapped
>using my talents to promote endless consumerism, but I'm really a cultured
>person!"

Yes, alienation of labor is a many-splendored thing.

Carl

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