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Article: Two ads, one featuring an erection the other showing `Fat Slags'. Which one got a rap over the knuckles?
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 27, 1997
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The television industry's watchdog has rejected complaints
about an advertisement starring a man with an erection, but
outlawed the use of the words "fat slags" in another.
The Independent Television Commission ruled that an advert for
Impulse body spray, which uses a clock hand rising by a minute and
a feather rising on hot air above a radiator to imply that the male
model in a life drawing class is getting an erection, was
acceptable innuendo that did not go beyond the bounds of good
taste.
The advertisement was only aired after the 9.00pm watershed but
40 viewers complained that it was indecent and in bad taste to
portray an erection in an advertisement. The ITC also rejected a
several ...