What were they thinking?
We didn’t really have Tesco down as the most edgy of brands. If anything most of their promotional material is family friendly, twee, and exceedingly dull. But what else do you expect from a major supermarket – their demographic is basically everyone, and so they can’t risk upsetting anyone. You can forgive them for being steadfastly vanilla.
So it is with some bafflement and not a little alarm that we came across this advert for their ready-made own-brand pizza. Instead of opting for a PG-cert wholesome image of a cheerful family munching on a Margherita, they opted for an X-rated psych0 killer, who looks like a cross between Heath Ledger’s Joker and a demonic Brendan Rodgers.
What possessed them (apart from the devil that is) to use the contorted features of a man who looks ready to burn down your home whilst you’re still in it is anyone’s guess. Perhaps it’s some kind of thinly-veiled threat – buy our fucking pizza or this man will microwave your cat and poison your dog.
Whatever the reason, we won’t sleep tonight, and neither will this lot…
https://twitter.com/lastcyberpunk/status/818828096489066498
https://twitter.com/anthonylweb/status/818832596129972226
https://twitter.com/pythagorx/status/818846720503218176
The Photographer, the ad company AND Tesco all approved this man's expression in their advert. All of them. pic.twitter.com/yr28LNcYgI
— Sonny Malhotra (@PhotoSonny) January 9, 2017
"The ham on this is made from my own leg."
— Nick Sax (@NickTheSax) January 9, 2017
CHOICE.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR FAMILY AGAIN?— Enormous Larks (@Blarrknulp) January 9, 2017
CHOICE
A slice with fingernails.
Or toenails— Peter Buckley (@Pete_Buckley) January 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/vndrlyl/status/818544732498489345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
