Remember back in the 70s how the notion of subliminal advertising was all the rage? I’m sure I wasn’t the only kid who spent hours pouring over Smirnoff ads in magazines, looking for couples in flagrante delicto depicted in the glass of vodka over ice.
Yeah well, that’s all a myth, according toTerry O’Reilly. The ad man and host of the insanely intriguing Age of Persuasion on CBC Radio burst our bubbles when he was asked about that concept at the Plaza Theatre on Sunday. According to O’Reilly, the advertising business is fueled by panic-driven deadlines and nobody has the time to dream up sexy little subliminal images to inject into the ads they produce.
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