Giovanni Rana Fresh Pasta – Ann Widdecombe
11 October 2007 by SilkyI love Ann Widdecombe.
Not in a sexual way, of course. Well, not since the therapy at least.
No I love her because she’s not afraid to speak her mind. She’s got conviction in her beliefs and, although I might not always agree with the things she says, I admire her for that. Please note that this is in stark contrast to my stance on Jeremy Clarkson, who also speaks his mind, but I believe is simply a wanker.
But what is Ann doing in this terrible advert for Giovanni Rana fresh pasta?
The concept of which – “Citizens for Fresh Pasta Justice” – is a) ridiculous as fresh pasta is readily available in the shops and b) deeply offensive to, for instance, “Fathers for Justice” and all similar genuine campaigns that the advert is parodying.
If it’s supposed to be funny they missed the mark by a country mile.
On top of that, from now Ann words will forever be tainted by Giovanni Rana’s dirty cash.
(That is unless she donated her fee to a genuine campaign group. But then it would have surely have been better to have a disclaimer flash on the screen: “Ann donated her fee to charity. You can still admire her.”)
Shame.
5Responses:
Al
Said on the 11 October 2007
Think of it this way … you’ve decided that you’re going to stand down as an MP at the next election … you have two choices in life:
1) Fade into obscurity gracefully.
2) Milk it for all it is worth.
Of course, we all pretend that fading into obscurity gracefully is the way to go. However, if put in her position, I’d certainly milk the system for all it’s worth (and then disappear to a nice villa in Italy where I can have 0.5mm thick fresh pasta for breakfast).
Fair play to her … she made one mistake with this pasta advert … but she was awesome in costume in that Cadburys advert …
Al
mark
Said on the 18 October 2007
its an advertisement,get a life.
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