Apparently undeterred by coronavirus, cruise ship ad sings about pills and delirium
By Curt Anderson February 9, 2020 10:29 pm Category: Television (5.0 from 1 vote)
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Maybe it's an example of "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade".
Celebrity Cruises is running a new television commercial (see video below). In it, a woman with bright red hair wanders about a phantasmagoric cruise ship to the sounds of The Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick singing their sixties hit, "White Rabbit". One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall...
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head
Given all the news reports of cruise ships quarantined with coronavirus and travelers sickened with norovirus and other contagious diseases, it seems to me that singing about pills and delirious fantasies might be a topic that cruise ship advertising should avoid.
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Maybe it's an example of "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade".