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ISPCC Christmas ad

  • 08-12-2011 11:35am
    #1
    Mr Magners
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    Has anyone heard the ad for ISPCC on the radio the last couple of days, about the 6 year old listening to the drunk parents and going down to try to protect his baby sister from them.

    Its really disturbing which I know is the idea, gave me the shivers listening to it.


Comments

  • #2
    mike65
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    Its far too long, many will have switched over by the end.


  • #3
    PaulieBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭PaulieBoy


    mike65 wrote: »
    Its far too long, many will have switched over by the end.
    Yeah, way too long. Had the opposite effect on me : they are not getting any of my money!


  • #4
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Heard it first yesterday in the car, wasn't sure if it was an ad or not it was going on that long...kind of kept me hooked to the end with curiosity as to where it was going, which became fairly obvious toward the end...
    Disturbing, probably fairly accurate but ultimately too drawn out. Have to think that airing a minute long (?) ad on primetime radio is going to be costly for a charity, even if it's a worthy one. Certainly a good antidote to all the cheery BS that's making up the majority of the ads though.


  • #5
    smaoifs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 508 ✭✭✭smaoifs


    mike65 wrote: »
    Its far too long, many will have switched over by the end.

    It is so, so similar to the Barry's Tea Christmas ad that I stayed listening and was totally shocked by the end of it. Once was enough to hear it in full.


  • #6
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    smaoifs wrote: »
    It is so, so similar to the Barry's Tea Christmas ad that I stayed listening and was totally shocked by the end of it. Once was enough to hear it in full.

    That's what really caught me, the similarity to the nice Barry's ad with the father bringing home the train set, even the tone of the narrator is along the same lines.


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  • #7
    sudzs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,739 ✭✭✭sudzs


    I just listened to it on their website. Doesn't inspire me to donate to their cause though, it's too much like emotional blackmail.

    There was an equally unsettling ad on tv from the RSPCA showing all sorts of dogs having horrible lives but at least at the end they show the nice men and women from the RSPCA rescuing them from their plight. That ISPCC ad is bleak and just ends dismally. :(


  • #8
    Mr Magners
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭Mr Magners


    sudzs wrote: »
    I just listened to it on their website. Doesn't inspire me to donate to their cause though, it's too much like emotional blackmail.

    There was an equally unsettling ad on tv from the RSPCA showing all sorts of dogs having horrible lives but at least at the end they show the nice men and women from the RSPCA rescuing them from their plight. That ISPCC ad is bleak and just ends dismally. :(

    Well surely that's the point of the ad, that for a lot of children it's not going to end being all rosy for them.


  • #9
    sudzs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,739 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Mr Magners wrote: »
    Well surely that's the point of the ad, that for a lot of children it's not going to end being all rosy for them.

    There's not much point in having an ad that doesn't inspire people to donate money to the charity because the whole ad portrays a scene of dire circumstances but fails to show any help or hope for the characters.

    I think they would do a lot better if they were selling hope rather than misery.


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