Am I supposed to know who she is, or am I just supposed to be wondering why on earth anybody thinks her freaky face will sell me a cell phone?
She’s not well known so I don’t think we are supposed to know who she is
She looks much better in her normal pictures
Glad to know I’m not the only one who finds those commercials creepy. The actress does look better in those photos, but the commercials give off an “uncanny valley” kind of vibe, at least in my opinion.
FWIW, I found this site with links to several of the ads. If I had seen any of these, I wouldn’t be so creeped out. In the ones I’ve seen, she merely stares wordlessly at the screen.
And even more FWIW, I think I’ve figured out why she creeps me out. She reminds me of the Reverend Mother from Dune.
I think she’s rather alluring in that will-seduce-you-and-then-eat-your-corpse kinda way. Reminds me of Galadriel in the LOTR movies. Or maybe the ice queen chick from Narnia.
She makes me think of Samantha Morton in Minority Report. Though with some insufferable smugness thrown in. I really hate those commercials.
I don’t understand why she is in front of what looks like a landscape painting with moving clouds. Those ads freak me out, too.
I totally agree. I will never own a Palm now out of fear that it is some kind of Necro-cyber wraith-infused soul draining artifact from William Gibson.
Well, I think she’s attractive and her voice is really sexy.
It’s the girl in the Progressive ads who doesn’t do anything for me.
Flo? She’s does it for me – she’s got that Betty Page look.
I find the Reverend Mother from Dune to be highly sexually appealing.
She reminds me of a Flemish madonna. Probably Hans Memling’s. The landscape contributes to the effect.
I watched her ads without sound - didn’t see anything creepy. She has that Samantha Morton/Tilda Swinton pale elf-lady thing gouing on, but that’s just hot, not creepy, IMO. Is it her voice?
Oh, and AT, that’s just kinky, man.
Anyone have a link to the advert in question?
Sorry! My last post was supposed to include that link.
Ohy, puh-leeeeez!
Give the astroturfing/stealth advertising a break.
I smell a shill/clacquer doing sock puppetry & astroturfing. Get a life-- this topic has no place in the Straight Dope forum.
I think she is beautiful.
Thank you for those links.
To each his or her own, certainly.
Just looked at the linked ad.
Her eyes are tiny and the voice a little scratchy. But like a lot of “ugly” or “weird-looking” actresses, she would seem stunningly gorgeous if you saw her in the grocery store.
Not sure if this is supposed to be a satire or what, but it’s not really appropriate.
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