Too hot for Santa Monica?
(Image from Variety.com)
Is this bus poster too racy? The folks at the Santa Monica bus line apparently think so and have ordered them removed. According to Variety:
That's the lesson the folks in the CW marketing department have learned the hard way. After spending a big chunk of change to plaster "Top Model" posters all over the sides of Santa Monica's Big Blue Buses, the company that runs the city-owned busline has decided to rip out all of the posters. Turns out that a number of people complained about the ads, and because the Big Blue Bus is a public entity, the company felt it had no choice but to pull them down.
The Frankin Avenue website comments: "When did the prudes take over Santa Monica?."
What do you think? Voice your opinion below by hitting the COMMENT button
Is ANY ad OK? Does a city have the right to turn down ads they find offensive? Does the city need to "push the envelope" in terms of what might offend? Sure, we've all see much more suggestive ads around town (drive down Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood) but as the father of two little kids - and a resident of the area - I'm glad the city decided not to run the ads.
Posted by: David in Los Angeles | June 12, 2007 at 04:08 PM
Seriously, get a life, or even better, move out of LA. Take a drive down Sunset and look at the Joe's Jeans billboards if you want to be seriously offended.
Posted by: SJ | February 28, 2007 at 04:32 PM
Since when is a girl in a bathing suit offensive? How did this happen?
Posted by: graham mccann | February 28, 2007 at 02:19 PM