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November 15, 2011 12:58 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/zpYp3cVovVY/ben-gay-ad-featuring-cruel-di.html
Ben-Gay ad featuring cruel, disfigured leprechaun with suggestive name
This old Ben-Gay ad, featuring a now-lost character called "Peter Pain" (a kind of thuggish, pox-speckled leprechaun) is one of those artifacts that suggests we've gone through an aesthetic singularity, a unidirectional membrane. Can you imagine a future in which this artwork is once again used to sell product? Also: I've always thought of Ben-Gay [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/zpYp3cVovVY/ben-gay-ad-featuring-cruel-di.html
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