Holden Heist ad taken off air because of dangerous turn
Ad Standards has ordered an ad for Holden’s range of sports utility vehicles be taken off air to remove scenes of unsafe driving.
The Hollywood heist-style ad shows the Equinox making a fast, backwards 180-degree turn to evade motorcyclists in a shipping yard, a move that attracted the attention of the complainant.
The ad is part of a wider campaign for Holden’s SUV range, which told the story of a group stealing an artwork from a country house and using various Holden SUVs to evade their pursuers.
Oh, FFS.
Ditto
Does art imitate life or is it the other way around? The truth is that they variously copy each other.
Did anyone complain that the ad promotes art theft? Did anyone complain that there is a threat to human safety even before the driving scenes, or that the entire story is extremely unlikely to be factual?
This is a fictional story featuring a car, a story written, produced, directed, acted, and shot to a style which is truthful and realistic, but absolutely not real. Why do some people ( important people it seems) fail to grasp the very obvious fact, that this is art and not reality?
If you believe that viewing this ad and/or buying this car will encourage you to drive like a maniac, then you must also believe that buying this car will make you an art thief.
Who complained about this ad?
Who sits there watching TV and sees an ad like this and thinks “Oh, that’s a bit dangerous. I should complain”.
Probably the same bod from the Pedestrian Council of Australia who usually complains about car TV ads…
Now I know why I left Oz !!! god what a nanny state !!
Sorry Holden !!
Who is more pathetic? The twat who complained or the one at the AS who actually took it seriously???
The whole concept of the ad surrounds heist. Did any complaints suggest the TVC should come down due to potentially encouraging holden drivers to engage in high end art theft?
I want to go back to the days where there was no such thing as being PC and no one took life too seriously.
The only thing worse than the stupid complaint in this story is the inevitability of someone commenting on this story as “PC GONE MAD”! If this is about ‘political correctness’ then it just goes to show that ‘political correctness’ is an utterly meaningless expression. Find a different way of expressing your frustration. Try not to just harp on about “PC” as though that means your point is made.
And as to the other comment above about it being the “nanny state”, I doubt that person realises ad standards is a self-regulatory arrangement? The “state” isn’t involved.
Go do some research.
Oh, FFS
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