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“Super Bowl 2020 commercial for Dashlane drops you in terrifying password hell” – CNET

February 23, 2020 By Alexa Kellenberger FSU '22

“In the minute-long spot, called ‘Password Paradise,’ a hooded mythological creature ferries a guy in a boat through swampy waters reminiscent of the River Styx in Dante’s Inferno. Ahead, there’s a bright, welcoming light and the sound of angelic voices. But to enter this paradise, the guy will need his password — which he’s naturally forgotten.

“The Charon-like creature prompts him to answer his security questions. No, it has be to the name of his first pet. You wanted to be a dolphin trainer when you grew up? Sorry, wrong answer dude!” [. . .]    –Leslie Katz, CNET, January 31, 2020.

Contirbuted by Trey Turney (The Bolles School, ’22)

Categories: Odds & Ends
Tagged with: 2020, Advertising, Charon, Humor, Inferno, Marketing, River Styx

“The Tenth Circle of Advertising Hell”

July 2, 2019 By Professor Arielle Saiber

Danimals-Squeezefaced-Commercial

“Actual transcript from a Danimals commercial:

Girl: “What’s with the cool music?”
Boy: “We’ve been squeezefaced!”
Girl: “Squeezefaced?”
Boy: “From the deliciousness of Danimals Squeezables! Wanna get your squeeze on?”
Girl: “Bring it on!”
Boy: “Whoa! Cool!”
Girl: “It’s so good!”
Boy: “This is awesome!”
Boy: “Double squeezeface!”
Girl: “Look!”
Boy: “Whoa!”
Girl: “Wanna try one?”
Principal: “Wow!”
Boy and Girl: “School rocks!”
Girl: “New Danimals Squeezables!”
Boy: “Squeeze more fun into lunch!”

When I’m feeling sad, I simply remember that I don’t work on the Dannon Danimals account and then I don’t feel so bad.”    –Clayton Hove, adtothebone, February 14, 2016

Categories: Digital Media, Written Word
Tagged with: 2016, Advertising, Circles of Hell, Hell, Humor, Inferno, Tenth Circle

Nine Circles of Hella-Peño

November 9, 2018 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

“Long, long ago, we promised ourselves that if Jack in the Box ever launched a new Munchie Meal featuring a Hella-Peño Burger, we’d make Ms. Morrow proud (she was, after all, Taft Union High School’s finest 11th-grade English teacher). Have we lost our minds? Probably, but the result is one of the greatest things in the history of things.

With no further delay, feast your eyes on (reverb voice) The 9 Circles of Hella-Peño!” –Robyn Reynolds for Struck on Behance, August 28, 2015.

To get a larger view of the artwork, click here.

You can check out more of Robyn Reynold’s work on Behance and her online portfolio.

You can check out more of Struck’s projects on Behance and the Struck website.

Categories: Consumer Goods, Dining & Leisure, Image Mosaic
Tagged with: 2015, Advertisements, Advertising, Circles of Hell, Comics, Fast Food, Hell, Humor, Illustrations, Marketing, Restaurants

TV Ad for Olio Dante (2015)

October 8, 2016 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

olio-dante-tv-ad-2015

“Il Sommo Poeta sbarca sul web con una versione social del nuovissimo Carosello di Olio Dante.
Scenari moderni e nuove tecnologie per un Dante Alighieri che, alle prese con la spesa quotidiana ed una cassiera intraprendente, non rinuncia però al suo linguaggio aulico.”  —YouTube.com

See the post for Dante Olive Oil here.

Categories: Consumer Goods, Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: 2015, Advertisements, Advertising, Commercials, Humor, Italian, Italian Products, Italy, Marketing

Annamaria Testa, “Dante Alighieri e la pubblicità, tra pop e kitsch”

October 7, 2016 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

dante-pubblicita-kitsch-pop-acqua“Proponete a chiunque questo indovinello: ha un gran naso e uno strano copricapo rosso, è un protagonista della letteratura mondiale, è toscano. Chi è?

“Qualche spiritoso potrebbe deviare su Pinocchio che, a suo modo, coincide, ma tutti gli altri vi risponderanno Dante Alighieri o, più facilmente, Dante e basta.

[…]olivetti-dante-pubblicita-pop-kitsch

“Un motivo in apparenza marginale, ma in realtà non così irrilevante del radicarsi della figura di Dante nell’immaginario collettivo sta proprio nel suo essere sempre e perfettamente riconoscibile quando viene rappresentato. L’abito e il copricapo rossi, la corona d’alloro, il gran naso: bastano pochi tratti, e Dante è Dante. È come se tutti i pittori che lo rappresentano avessero, nei secoli, lavorato sotto lo stretto controllo di un occhiutissimo ufficio marketing, attento a impedire qualsiasi minuscola deviazione dalle caratteristiche stabilite in una ideale Bibbia del Marchio.

“Insomma: se Dante fosse un brand (e stiamo parlando di un brand con una storia  plurisecolare), potrebbe vantare una coerenza di segni che neanche la Coca Cola.” –Annamaria Testa, “Dante Alighieri e la pubblicità, tra pop e kitsch,” Nuovo e utile (2013)

Contributed by Davida Gavioli

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2013, Advertisements, Advertising, Dante Portraits

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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