17409: Pizza Hut Pasta Campaign Is Traditional BS.

 

This Pizza Hut campaign from Publicis Middle East in Dubai, UAE, is explained as follows:

 

Pizza Hut launched a new pasta range. But an American fast-food brand that doesn’t even exist in Italy isn’t exactly the most credible voice on pasta. So we went after approval from the ultimate experts: Italians.

The problem? Our pasta doesn’t follow tradition. Traditional Italians would never approve it. But we used them anyway.

 

Um, this concept probably should not have been approved.

15857: Recruit, Rerun, Repeat, Regurgitate.

MBR Group—a recruitment firm in Dubai, UAE—seems to believe that great things happen when White men meet. (Including male cartoon characters with Caucasian characteristics.)

 

11374: Ad Deserves 50 Lashes…?

Why would this Durex ad run in the UAE, where sex can be a punishable offense? Hell, even pornography—which the clapboard and copy kinda hint at—is illegal. Wonder if the creators of the ad could face criminal charges.

From Ads of the World.