little mermaid ad

#1

little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 10:21am

are they kidding with that slogan? next to the mermaid profile? "the hardest part of falling in love is taking the first step." why don't they use it with someone in a wheelchair, too? it's funny in a bad taste way.

Updated On: 6/9/07 at 10:21 AM

#2

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 10:23am

....she doesn't have legs.

#3

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 10:29am

Odd that given the lowbrow quality of general entertainment, we have become a nation of the easily offended. It takes a huge leap to go from that slogan to thinking of how it would offend the physically impaired. Honestly...

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#4

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 10:31am

I think it's actually creative... as basic as it sounds... and it fits the show well

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#5

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 10:50am

The show doesn't have "legs"?

#6

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:52am

um, where exactly is this slogan?

i like it though, wherever it might be. :)

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#7

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:52am

There's a full page ad in today's New York Times.

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#8

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:53am

oh, thanks jordangirl :)

sorry, i dont have the NY Times...

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#9

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:54am

Could someone remind us of stupidity and cite that Pirate Queen slogan?

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#10

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:55am

If my scanner was big enough, I'd scan it, but it only goes up to legal size. (The Little Mermaid ad.)

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#11

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:56am

Not as bad as spelling 'girl' with a 'u'.

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#12

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 11:56am

link please ?

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#13

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:00pm

theatrediva... I'm confused... Oh never mind. LOL. I should have slept more last night.

jaystarr... I did a google image search but found nothing. Since it's an ad, it's not on the Times site. If I find an image of it, I'll post.

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Updated On: 6/9/07 at 12:00 PM

#14

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:05pm

Despite the picture of the ad (I think Disney could have been a LOT more creative than that), I think the slogan is very clever. jerseygurl, you're really going out of your way to find it offensive.

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Updated On: 6/9/07 at 12:05 PM

#15

re: little mermard ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:09pm

I like the slogan, its cute. People need to lighten up. We all know the story, shes a memaid with no legs! and i'm sure that if a person in a wheechair read that they wouldn't be offended.

#16

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:31pm

And I find the term 'mermard' to be VERY offensive.

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#17

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:35pm

What about digital cameras, if scanners are out of the question? I'd really like to see it.

And as Ariel has to take her literal FIRST STEP in the show when she becomes human, and as it was pretty easy to fall in love with Eric but everything after that was hard work, it's a pretty cute and surprisingly clever little slogan. I submit that the OP is verging on "moron".

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#18

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:38pm

The posters are up here in Denver but I don't recall seeing that slogan on them. I will have to get the Sunday paper tomorrow to see if there is an ad. The show is selling pretty well here.

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#19

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:38pm

Sorry i didn't mean to say "mermaid"... lol

Updated On: 6/9/07 at 12:38 PM

#20

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:41pm

Ooh! I didn't think of that. I'll take a pic now. :)

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#21

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:47pm

Here we go! :)

(Sorry...sized it down too far. Give me a sec...)

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Updated On: 6/9/07 at 12:47 PM

#22

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:51pm

'Mermard' was in regards to the thread title.

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#23

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:52pm

Thank you. :)

I still stand by my statement of the slogan being cute and clever, but on the whole, it's quite a dull-looking thing, isn't it? ^_^

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#24

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 12:58pm

It's definitely not flashy. But then looking at the other Disney on Broadway stuff, none of them are overly flashy. I don't know... I guess if it works for them. I think they mainly bank on their name.

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#25

re: little mermaid ad

Posted: 6/9/07 at 1:01pm

I really like the ad and the logo.

It fits very well with the look of the logos for The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.

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