Moustaches Make A Difference: Stalin
Communist / Conqueror
Moustaches Make A Difference.
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Advertising Agency: TBWA\Singapore, Singapore
Creative Directors: Hagan de Villiers, Gary Steele
Art Directors: Reginald Ocampo, Danny Teo
Copywriters: James Holman, Martin Loh
Illustrator: Reginald Ocampo, Roger Tan
Developers: Tony Chew, Sean Tan
Production Managers: Sally Sim, Allen Pattiselanno
Account Service: Jaclyn Lee, Alrick Dorett
Published: November 2010
32 Comments
I've been supporting prostate cancer for years without knowing it. Eww.
Funny how Hitler has been left out from the series.
What hath God wrought
man you just stole my words :)
It reminds me the ad " it's the hat " : http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/hut_weber_hitler_vs_chaplin?size=...
"reminds" only? You're being nice.
It's a total rip off.
And what about the idea?? For Cancer? Seriously? So you have to read the little words at the bottom of the ad to understand it's about cancer? What a shame.
And growing moustache for cancer? That's stupid.
This campaign is a rip http://adsoftheworld.com/taxonomy/brand/oogmerk
But Movember is an awesome idea so don't bag it.
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the campaign for oogmerk using before and after glasses works better - it plays on the 'with glasses you look smarter/more distinguished, et. al angle.' however, it lets you off the hook if you dont NEED glasses...
although similar, the campaign for prostate cancer i find preachy, and you don't have an excuse not to vote - if you dont grow your moustache, you're lower in social status... well, its a fine line between that and funny, and i know there is an attempt to be funny. however thats not coming through
it also doesnt directly link to prostrate cancer - unless as one poster suggested, youre a manlier man if you support prostate cancer, the line doesn't say it
Guys and girls you can support the cause virtually as well by using virtual mustaches. :{ :[ :=)
Fuck yes this is nice. I'm working on my wife beater as we speak.
Fuck yes this is done. Calm down.
http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/oogmerk_optician_prof
This is actually a pretty nice campaign. Cool stuff, nice and simple.
Conqueror? Really? Polish people are not going to be huge fans of this one. Using mass murderers to promote a good cause isn't really wise.. Poor taste, imho.
Nice. Although this campaign has been going on in Sweden for 3 years now.
Stalin, really?
you forgot hitler and mao and moussolini and omg this ads suck
Mao and Mussolini didn't have a mustache.
They should have (:
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Without getting deep into details, though the same concept was used, this work will work!
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I'm excited to know my mistakes!
Stal, baby, that's YOU!
"Ubi hubave lubearned thubat ubanuby fubool cuban wrubite uba bubad ubad, bubut thubat ubit tubakes uba rubeal gubenubiubus tubo kubeep hubis hubands uboff uba gubood ubone."
-Lubeo Buburnubett
its the same idea
Yoshiro
He's not a conqueror but a mass murderer. Open up a history book next time.
First: I hate when campaign have more than 3 subjects. If you had a good idea, thumbs up!!! But don't become an adv-stalker
Second: some subjects are reasonable silly and they show some political/historical ignorance
Last but not least: the logo reminds me of a whale and not of mustaches. Fail!!!
Stalin? STALIN? are these people on crack? he wasn't a conqueror but a dictator who created gulacs, startet the great purge and had a non-agression pact with hitler. and I haven't even started talking about the mass extermination of his own people.
but the mustache, that made the difference.
the cd who signed off on this is a moron.
This is offensive.
Stalin murdered more people than Hitler. White-washing his brutality by calling him a "conqueror" is beyond ignorance and beyond insensitivity.
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Like it. If you do Stalin you must do Hitler as well, the two are equivalent.
Done in Belgium before for optics.
This mean that be a conqueror is better than a communist¿? You suck!
all this done before comments...
we have been comparing before and afters since the invention of the wheel probably
caveman 1: ooga booga, square wheel run better or round wheel run better booga booga test drive
caveman 2 (gets on bike with square wheels)
cavemen 3: (gets on bike with round wheels)
caveman 1: booger booger go!
come on.........................
its still a vaild communication device.
done already
That is awfully lame.
Conqueror, ha? Rather a blood-thirsty mass murderer.
you people read way too much into the use of stalin because of his lack of positive connotations. the ad is about mustaches and truth be told, stalin had an awesome mustache. so regardless of whether he used it for good or for evil, stalin's 'stache is a symbol. not everything is a personal commentary on the actions of dictators. Although, I do agree, conquerer may not have been the ideal word, however i would chalk it up to the designer's dersire to use alliteration. And not doing hitler was a copout, i even searched for it in case i might have missed it.