Kotex Tampons

(from youtube user slim2open)

So this is an add for Kotex tampons that points out unrealistic aspects of other tampon commercial. And at the end after the actress has made fun of the way most tampon makers advertise they have the text “Why are tampon adds so ridiculous?” and then it shows their product in a slick black box with colored tampons & the text reads, “Break the cycle.” So this is kind of a wink to those of us who don’t buy the normal form of advertising and get tired of seeing blue liquid put on tampons…one must wonder, why can’t the add be a little more realistic and actually talk about the usefulness of the product? But the problem is…even this add tells a woman absolutely nothing about how tampons work…so is it really breaking out of the cycle? I think not. I like these adds, they criticize the other brands for being so Politically Correct and unrealistic, but it’s a two way street, If I am going to pay a few $’s more for tampons…give me a better reason that “the other brands are ridiculous.”