Cumming...

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:22pm

Maybe this was already discussed...

Has anyone else seen the adds for Alan Cumming's new cologne...it is called Cumming....just Cumming

I'm still trying to decide how I feel about this. It is either very offensive and inappropriate or so sexy I just have to have some so that when someone says "you smell good" I can say "I'm Cumming"...hmmmm...

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:22pm

This is just too easy. Gotta pass on this one.

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:24pm

It's, of course, meant to be funny.

A friend of mine knows Alan and he told him he was just having fun with the ad campaign.

I mean, he even says in the ad "I'm Cummng".

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:24pm

I can see the models in the department stores now, "Would you like to try Cumming?"

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:24pm

I think it's brilliant. The man is a genius at self-promotion and good for him, I say. Anyone read TOMMY'S TALE? It's actually pretty good!

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:25pm

Oh good god. *slaps hand over mouth*

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:25pm

Ok, can't resist -

While I wouldn't want to wear Alan's "product" behind my ears or on my wrist, I would be happy to buy the product of

Hugh Jackman
Adam Pascal
Cheyenne Jackson

The list is practically endless

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:25pm

Personally, I find it very offensive. Call me old fashioned (I AM) but Alan, no matter how talented he is, seems to be one those people who just loves to offend. I don't wan't Alan Cumming on ME, Thank you very much.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:28pm

I have to agree. While Alan does does nothing for him, I can't blame him for taking full, naughty advantage of his convenient name.

[Love4Cheno]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:35pm

Ugh, I think this is so tacky.

And those ads are gross. Don't need to see Alan in the buff. Blech.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:40pm

Agreed.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:49pm

Oh please, he's just taking advantage of his namesake.

Jay Leno: "So I hear you have a new line of cologne coming out, called 'Cumming.'"

Alan: "Yes, it's my way of getting back at all those who used to make fun of my name."

Leno: "But couldn't you call it something el--"

Alan: "NO."

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:56pm

Ew. Since when did he warrant his own scent? When I choose a cologne, it is because it smells good and because it adds class. I don't buy anything in the fashion industry associated with crudity or crassness. Like the whole FCUK thing, which are not great (or even good) clothes, it's just people thinking they're cute. Or t-shirts with obscenities or sex depicted on them. Sorry, but that kind of crap is for guests of The Jerry Springer Show. Personally, I'd rather not buy or see anything having to do with Alan Cumming if this is what he's about. Gross.

*Edited for two typos.

Updated On: 8/4/05 at 12:56 PM

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:01pm

I despise J-Lo more than any other celebrity, but I adore "Glow".

[etoile]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:19pm

What I would give to have an ounce of the talent, creativity, wit, intelligence and lack of stagnativity (is that a word?) of an Alan Cumming.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:41pm

My goodness gracious what a bunch of old biddies a few people in this thread resemble! CLEARLY the fragrance line and ad campaign are meant to be satirical and like the BEST satire, they are both what they are and what they are mocking.

The way Blue Man Group is both a satire on -- and a really good example of -- performance art. The way Sandra Bernhard performs shows that are both a critique of cabaret shows and REALLY GOOD cabaret shows.

If you can't see that the Cumming ad campaign and name of the line is a parody of the myriad celebs who have their own fragrance, well, it only proves to me what I have thought about a couple of the posters in this thread for a long time. People devoid of senses of humor simply need not apply!

"When I choose a cologne, it is because it smells good and because it ads class."

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? MisterMatt, aren't you the one who once argued that advertising has no influence on you. If you think a chemical smell "ads [sic] class," marketing has gotten to you a lot more than you even know.

And Redhot, seriously. When did anything that's slightly less shallow than a daily affirmation bromide become SUCH a challenge for you?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:46pm

Whoa ho! PoMo Namo!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:53pm

I know, right? I mean, my dark lord in hades, exactly how dumb of a cluck must one be to ONLY see the surface of things? What a dull, shallow way to go through life.

[Rentaholic2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:16pm

Well this silly inquiry of a thread has just taken a turn I didn't foresee...

I love surprises!!

[sassypanz]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:32pm

Whoa!

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:37pm

Namo - you're an enigma to me. Intelligent, humorous at times, witty almost always, and downright itching for a fight at every turn. I'll take those daily affirmations any day, over a crass, insensitive person who's biggest pleasure, it seems, is using wit and intelligence in the most negative of ways, to provoke people into arguments. I used to really appreciate all your posts and funny witicisms (sp?) But in the past 6 months or so, you've degenerated into a...well, someone I can't be bothered to waste my time on any more after this.
No, I don't find the Cumming fragrance ads the least bit funny, intelligent, witty or, if it IS parody as you say, interesting.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:45pm

I may like a scent and think it is classy, regardless the marketing. I may smell the cologne on someone and think it's devine. I also may think the idea of the product and ad campaign is tasteless and vulgar, therefore I choose not to spend my money on it. Therefore, yes, I may be affected by the marketing of that product, but it is the opposite of their goal. I don't remember saying advertising had no influence on me, but maybe I did. Advertising rarely influences me to spend my money on a product, but it can at times, influence me not to, for the same reason people boycott for religious or political reasons. Had the campaign been satirical without going for the cheap shot, I might have applauded it. I think comparing a toilet sex joke to the Blue Man Group or Sandra Berhard is a bit off target. Those are performances, not ad campaigns. Cumming, "the fragrance", is an actual product selling for $69 a bottle. Unsure whether the general public will be familiar with his name, he goes for a sexual campaign. Wow, that was soooooooo BRILLIANT! What a SATIRICAL WORK OF ART!

Yeah, right. It was a cheap ploy, Namo. Nothing more.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:50pm

Beaverhousen - can you find that thread and quote that back to me? Honestly - it doesn't sound like something I'd say. I have no memory of it but won't deny I could have said it. I may have been defending a person's right to find sex or fulfillment in whatever form he pleases (do we really need to know what a priest does on his own time, as long as it is between consenting adults?) - but how can you compare a man using the internet to find sex with a man using vulgar sexual tactics to sell cologne? Sure - Go for it Alan. Do whatever blow's your skirts up. But don't expect me to buy it.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 2:55pm

God almighty. I think you overdosed on your Simple Midwestern Boy pills this week, Matt. Your spelling is beginning to rival Liam's, for one thing.

For another, if you can't see that Cumming The Fragrance is a direct parody of such ACTUAL lines as "Celine Dion The Fragrance" (for those who want to smell like lesbian Canadian soccer moms, I guess) and that the ads are parodies of the ridiculous ways the Calvin Klein company gets their fragrances into the hands of people like you, well, there's nothing I can do to convince you.

The fact that you are willing to DECIDE exactly what the single-minded intention of the whole enterprise is and to declare that it's "nothing more," shows me that you're not particularly willing to engage about this (or much else really) except on the most surface level. Nobody's saying you have to actually buy the stuff, but to miss out on the fact that it is a very well conceived parody and to get all, "Oh my goodness, that is in SUCH POOR TASTE" just confirms that you're not somebody who appears it would be particularly fun to sit next to at a dinner party.

However, I am sure when you and Redhot go to heaven you can sit at a table with the late Maude Flanders and a host of angels exclaiming, "But what about THE CHILDREN?"

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/4/05 at 3:23pm

Namo - Sorry about the spelling, but I was eating lunch and typing at the same time. I get the parody. I got it the countless times it's been done before by SNL and many other sitcoms and comedy shows who have mocked Calvin Klein ads and celebrity fragrances. So the idea that the campaign is "well conceived" is just absurd. It's been done before. And I didn't miss out on anything.

"The fact that you are willing to DECIDE exactly what the single-minded intention of the whole enterprise is and to declare that it's "nothing more," shows me that you're not particularly willing to engage about this (or much else really) except on the most surface level."

Uh, sounds like you're the one who took a pill today. The topic was the ad campaign. A campaign that could have been a witty parody, but instead took the toilet route, which you somehow believe is more than what it is. An actor trying to get $69 a bottle for his cologne. I think you were more suckered by the ad than those who purchased Calvin Klein.

And I never asked you to sit next to me, anyway. I don't know what you mean by "people like me" other than those who think the commercial stinks. I don't own any Calvin Klein. That's just your making assumptions of me again. I don't have to like the commercial and not liking it doesn't make me some sort automoton. You're kinda doing that whole I'm-so-left-I'm-right thing just to defend a juvenile crass ad campaign. I guess if it were up to you, people would be screwing in playgrounds or something. I'm not sure where you're going with this.