There was a commercial for a herpes medicine on teevee yesterday, where a rather attractive woman talks about ‘her’ herpes. (I assume that she is not actually infected, but is just playing a role.) I wonder how that commercial may affect her acting career? Would casting agents look at her résumé and say, ‘Well… She’s good for the role; but people may recognise her from her commercial. I don’t think we want to risk any negative publicity.’
I wondered the same thing about the Pepto Bismol adverts. ‘Hey! She’s the one with diarrhea!’
Hey there, Herpes girl
Swingin’ down the street so lesion-free
Nobody you meet could ever see
The virus there inside you
Hey there, Herpes girl
Why do all the boys just pass you by?
Could it be you just don’t ask
All the guys condoms to wear?
Margret Cho has a routine about seeing a woman in a variety of femine hygene product commercials and makes the comment that she knows too much about that woman’s vagina.
I doubt it would make a difference unless it was the most famous herpes commercial in the universe, featuring a character beloved by millions who had been spun off into T-shirts, cosmetics, breakfast cereal and comic books. In that case, typecasting might set in.
My favorite is the birth control commercial where the girl goes out with all these different guys until she finds the one who is “perfect” for her. I always like to think she slept with all of those losers first, especially since she looks like little miss priss. haha.
I dunno, but if Johnny is talking about the same Herpes Girl I’m thinking of, the one with the amazingly beautiful eyes, then I’d say it could be the most famous herpes commercial in the universe.
Holy crap that’s complicated. I’m glad that I don’t have to type that every time that I sign in!
I was in an ethics class, and we were talking about porn (for some reason or other) and the sorts of things sold in them when my prof says something like “What? I was just getting groceries!” So we started talking about groceries that you would buy at some place like Condoms To Go.
), the diarrhea aspect is worrisome.