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LG Secret Viral Ad Aims for Sexy, Ends Up Squarely at Creepy

by Nilay Patel on June 18, 2008 at 05:02 PM

Look, LG, it's all well and good the Secret has a touchscreen and that sweet DivX-capable 5 megapixel camera, but making a viral video that can only be described as early-'90s softcore voodoo porn and ends with a sheepish phone call from the dude's mother is probably not the best way to highlight those qualities. Video after the break -- warning, it's just a hair on the NSFW side.

Tags: advertisement, lg, nsfw, secret, sex, viral, viral video, ViralVideo

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GenJun 19th 2008 9:41AM

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Oh, that's just wonderful. I agree with the writer of this article; that is EXTREMELY creepy. Never mind the fact that what that little pervert is doing is illegal... do we have to have yet ANOTHER media outlet that tells men and boys that peeping and violating a woman's privacy is OK? This video is promoting the idea that not only is it OK, the woman seems to enjoy it, even though she is seemingly unaware.
I have to say that I am actually pretty offended by this. I'm not a feminist or a conservative but this seems a little over the top to me. This is promoting behavior that is EXACTLY what the police are facing with each new advance of technology. Men use cellphone cameras to take pictures under women's skirts, etc. when they are not looking. This seems like a more extreme, media-sactioned version of that.
I am not easily offended or surprised but this has done both.

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