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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2009-07-17 09:37 am

Gay Commercial: YES DBS TV

Well, all my friends know that I don't like menages... but this is too funny!

In a twist on the Romeo and Juliet fairytale romance, Juliet is in the garden at night and tells her friend, "I shall wake my beloved Romeo with a thousand little kisses," as she climbs up to his window from below. "Be carfeul my dear Juliet!" her friend says.



She sneaks into his room through the window, and quietly calls his name as she approaches his large poster bed, covered in curtains. She pulls back the curtains to find that Romeo is in bed, playfully tickling another young man under the covers. Juliet's face falls in horror as she exclaims, "Oh Romeo!" The two young male lovers look surprised at her entrance as she changes her mind suddenly and says, "Ooo, I'm beginning to like this movie!"

She suddenly sees the two of them as an opportunity rather than a loss. Then she's in bed between them as the announcer asks double-entendre questions about the brand, "Do you think nothing could surprise you anymore? Are you looking for new experiences? Much more exciting and daring?") In bed, the three shout "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Commercial Closet Association

Company: YES DBS TV Satellite Services Ltd.
Brand: Yes
Ad Title: Romeo, Juliet and ?
Business Category: Media Outlets: Broadcasters-Publishers-Online-Games-Music
Media Outlets: Television
Country: Israel
Region: Middle East
Agency: McCann-Erickson Worldwide
Year: 2003
Target: Mainstream

[identity profile] yachay.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
I personally don't like this kind of commercials (I have some issues with it lol) but I am not surprised Israel would come up with this. After all, it is considered as the most tolerant country in the Middle East, and I am very proud of their attitude with homosexuality. :)

I kinda feel embarrassed to admit that Israel is indeed more open-minded than some parts of my country, especially my very close-minded and uptight hometown (and we have a LOT of this kind of towns), and what makes it embarrassing is that I live right next to one of the most tolerant and LGBT-friendly countries in Europe, if not the whole world.

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2009-07-17 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
It's the same situation with USA and Canada indeed, when in USA it was still not legal to marry between same sex partner and in Canada yes. Or with Italy and Spain and Denmark. Elisa