Typography and the power of "()"

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The teaser poster for Lars Von Trier's upcoming film, Nymphomaniac, uses a rather clever minimalism to symbolize female creativity with nothing but parentheses.

There was something very familiar about it, but it didn't hit me until I was clearing out some of our old books in the basement:

Interesting how the same symbol can cover the two sides of female sexuality, from the intimate biology of sex to the occasional biological result.

New Adbusters ad: "Advertising is brain damage"

No argument from this adman. Whoever was responsible for that typography certainly was cerebrally compromised.

This movie poster fail probably helped ticket sales #FdAdFriday

The title of this Chinese movie is supposed to translate to "Love in the Buff," but that's not how I read it...

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Selling water heaters with senior citizen sexy time #FdAdFriday

I actually don't have a problem with senior tub sex. I hope I get lots of it when I'm that age. But I saw this ad at the bottom of 24H's front page while waiting in line for shawarma, and remarked to myself that I've never see water heaters sold with stock photos of elder sex before.

Here it is from the digital edition:

I think the designer was so distracted by the thought of the grandparents getting it on, he or she forgot all the rules of typography. Oh well. Viva Viagra.