This week, Matthew Yeomans writing The Big Money for Reuters tells us “This attention-grabbing ad leaves little to the imagination in depicting love scenes between two types of currency. Does this ad make you eager to invest with Bontrust, or is the promiscuous allusion a turnoff?”
And yes, if you can imagine origami money making love or having sex as the case here appears to be — that would be pianist Clara Shuman for Germany and Abe Lincoln for the US — then this is quite a surprising little ad titled: Bontrust: Increase in Currency (Money Love). And I do warn you — the “love scene” between paper Abe and paper Clara is explicit!
Some might call it obscene, but sometimes so is the marriage of money and love. Here is the link, if you dare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBDPkZakPU4
According to Yeomans “This spot appeared on May 7 and has already amassed more than 220,000 viewings and more than 140 comments from fans in at least five languages.” Big Money
Many of us feel betrayed by the current economic situation in the US. And is Clara-Shuman-Lincoln with her three babies about to betray?
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Copyright 2009 Rita Watson