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A Date With Brad, Wherein He Discusses Your Period. Yes, You’re Dreaming.


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  1. Robert Moss says

    Hey, I’m not the demographic but I liked this sort of thing a lot better when Fallon did it for Brawny Towels a few years ago.
    This seems like “let’s play the sensitivity card (2 cookbooks, one for your mom!)” just to step out of character at the end and make a hard sell for pads. The Brawny Guy stayed in character throughout.
    Are you buying it?

  2. David Burn says

    @RobertMoss – I agree that the transition to “Brad’s” rap on feminine products is a rough one, but the entire piece is so over-the-top, it’s almost like nothing could be too out of order here, since it’s all a farce.

  3. Robert Moss says

    David, Over the top? It’s more like an ad spoof on SNL than something to persuade real people to buy real things. Instead of empathy, it shows a high level of cynicism; the character pretends to be the most caring man in the world before hammering the viewer over the head with a hard sell. At least a P&G hard sell doesn’t pretend to be otherwise.
    So far the comments I’ve read today elsewhere are negative.
    Brand Channel: Brand Trainwrecks: Date Night With Stayfree? Er, No Thanks
    Salon: Can men sell maxi pads? Stayfree is betting on it with a series of spots featuring absurd caricatures of female fantasy BTW, check out the comments there.
    Back to the Brawny Guy campaign several years ago, it artfully balanced sensitivity and tongue-in-cheekness without any hardsell, and was a far better campaign for it.