Life Imitates Art
Here are two commercials to watch. I believe that you will see a startling similarity emerge that will shake you to the core (or maybe just halfway to the core).So far, so good. It's your basic ad for cosmetics, showing a heavily airbrushed woman who looks somewhat like an android (gynoid?), poncing around in an empty, black, out-of-focus room, interspersed with product shots against a stark white background. (I'm always a little saddened when the real product doesn't create lines of light in contour around my wife's face.) I don't know to much about the product's specific properties.
What I know for sure is that it bares a startling similarity to a fictional product I have seen before.
Submitted for your review and comparison:
Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
That's awesome, kingmonkey. It does bear a remarkable resemblance to the real thing. There's one (more) beauty product I won't be buying!
Posted by Nethie on 05/05 at 12:04 PM
But Nethie, don't you want to live forever?
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 05/05 at 12:38 PM
that's great kingmonkey! i wonder if anybody at avon ever watched resident evil. very funny, great job dude!
Posted by patty on 05/05 at 01:08 PM
my wife used that avon stuff and all it did was make her pimples bigger and her tits smaller!!
Posted by baytowns own handsome bob in texas on 05/05 at 02:17 PM
I always knew, kingmonkey, that if you were able to post things on the Front Page that they'd be gems! Some people are just born weirder than others. You're a natural. 
Posted by stpatme on 05/05 at 06:47 PM
SNIFF SNIFF I smell law suit in the air.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/05 at 08:43 PM
This is pretty old news I think.
Posted by derek on 05/06 at 05:32 AM
It may be "old news" but the fact that nobody (I've seen) has brought the comparison side-by-side makes it appropriate for WU. The thing I found spookiest is the use of the helix product model in both cases. That CAN'T be a coincidence! And I think Expat is right... there's a lawsuit in the air, started by our very own kingmonkey!
I won't be buying this product either... *shudder*
I won't be buying this product either... *shudder*
Posted by StarThrower in A Southern Planet on 05/06 at 08:19 AM
I'm about 99% sure the resemblance has been noted on WU before (Chuck maybe?) however the video clips do help out those of us who spend hours puking after watching 5 minutes of resident evil.
Posted by Dawn on 05/07 at 04:35 AM
Not on WU, but on Alex's other site, the Museum of Hoaxes, a couple of months back.
It was suggested to Alex by a certain "kingmonkey"...
It was suggested to Alex by a certain "kingmonkey"...
Posted by Dumbfounded on 05/07 at 05:15 AM
That's pretty freaky. LOL. I know I won't be using THAT product...
Posted by Kissal on 07/15 at 11:15 AM
What a great post. You never know. Shades of Soylent Green
Posted by PhilC68 on 11/16 at 04:42 AM
I have really oily skin and quite sensitive skin. The only product i use right now is vaseline. But is there any other product that will help me get a healthy and clean looking skin? I don't have a lot of pimple but sometimes some does appear and it kinda annoying.. is there any way i can do to help with that? what product should i wash my face with? thanks
differin
differin
Posted by differin on 11/21 at 12:06 AM
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