‘Fantabulous’ Psychic Expo ad cleared of sexualising young girl
'Not overtly sexualised' says ASB
An ad for a psychic event has been cleared by the Ad Standards Bureau for sexualising children.
The ad, which ran on Seven on Queensland, features a young girl in a dress deemed by some viewers to be too revealing for a girl of her age.
One complaint read: “I would never allow my daughter on national TV so uncovered – it is unacceptable and disgraceful.”
” in an extraverted manner” as in extra extra …
or are you going with the fantabulous fantasy english theme?
That ad is offensive…but for so many other reasons.
Err.. which girl was the complaint about?
What… The… Fuck???
In the first scene it’s as high as a t-shirt. In the next as high as a normal dress.
So no-one complained that psychics are snake-oil charlatans preying on the optimistic gullibility of customers by using cold reading and pre-research, then.
Nice one, Queensland. Nice one, ASB.
+1 to all of the above. Seriously.
I’m only disappointed the psychics didn’t see this one coming…
Im more complaining of using the young girl to sell this hocus pocus garbage. She is too young to know its all rubbish
LOL @Bob
Spurious complaint of a boring Charlatanistic event (by an organiser?) gets more exposure that it’s boring-ass ad would warrant.
Bob – hilarious!
Why do they need to advertise the Psychic Expo? Shouldn’t they all already know about?
Cj and AdGrunt – That’s the wrong ad. There is a 15 second version with a different girl which is the issue. Look it up on YouTube.
Apologies – initially we had the wrong ad embedded. Now corrected.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
God knows what the poor lass is to go swimming in if these nutjobs get their way. It will be back to 1902 and neck-to-toe bathing only outsisde of daylight hours.
The complaint is WAY more offensive than the attire in the ad. (The ad itself is pretty offensive in its poor quality though).
Same girl. Different dress. Still no lucid issue.
It’s a poor choice of clothing. But remember that most people who complain are neurotic. If I was filing a complaint, I’d be complaining that there’s no proof of their claims.