Kia "Hotbots" ad glorifies female violence against men

Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-05-17 03:16

Seen this one? Nothing funny or cute about it. Kia is perhaps trying to dodge criticism by making the "woman" a robot. Sorry, that doesn't pass. Contact Kia here ("Sales and Products" seems the best choice; country is US and possibly also Canada, if indeed it's running in that market) and let them know you won't be considering buying one of their cars as long as they try to sell them with "humorous violence"-- and would they have dared produce such an ad with the characters' sexes reversed?

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Not at all surprised it's David&Goliath.

Advertising Agency: David&Goliath, USA
Chief Creative Officer: David Angelo
Executive Creative Director: Colin Jeffery
Creative Directors: Gary DuToit, Eron Broughton
Assistant Creative Director / Copywriter: Greg Buri
Assistant Creative Director / Art Director: Basil Cowieson
Executive Producer, Managing Director: Carol Lombard
Executive Producer: Paul Albanese
Managing Partner, Client Services: Brian Dunbar
Group Account Director: Brook Dore
Senior Integrated Account Director: Justin Manfredi
Account Supervisor: Nancy Ramirez
Senior Account Executive: Kammie Dons
Director of Strategic Planning: David Measer
Strategic Planner: Armando Potter

http://adsoftheworld.com/media/tv/2014_kia_forte_hotbots

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Submitted by gwallan on Fri, 2013-05-17 09:36

This is not domestic violence. It would only be domestic violence if the man thrown against the wall had gotten up and gone after the "fembot." Then we're talking domestic violence.

Awful ad.

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Submitted by el cid on Fri, 2013-05-17 12:22