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Moving the blog forward may mean, at times, just writing to write. The main picture doesn’t reflect any historical architecture or stunning panorama, but rather an attitude in France. While Americans are familiar with the Victoria Secret catalog, or the slightly sleazier Fredericks of Hollywood catalog, lingerie and/or sexy under garments do not often cross over into the every day media/advertising world. Here in France, lingerie stores seem to be as abundant as liquor stores are in the poorest American neighborhoods. We all know “sex sells,” but it doesn’t carry the same charge when it is acceptable to be blatant and, by our standards, over the line. This picture is not a good example of anything over-the-line by any means. It is just a hint, and one I saw in different forms around Paris that caused me to take this picture. While it is generally acceptable to throw some healthy sex appeal into an advertisement, sometimes people can be offended by the wrong association or stretching a term too far. Take for instance the word pulpeuse that appears in the title of this blog entry. From what I gather pulpeuse means pulp or fleshy and can be used to describe a woman as hot or ‘edible.’ The Orangina company decided to use the word in their ad campaign. Since their juice has pulp they have used the word play to sell their orange juice as sexy. Many of these posters have been scribbled over with various other expressions. Here is an example: 
Here is an example of the “public” response to the Orangina ad:
Like I said, sometimes you just have to write to get the blog moving forward. I’ve also found, that one shouldn’t be too self-critical while working on the ‘blog’ as one can loose several lines of text, and find themselves floundering with nothing to say and with no clear direction.
OK, that said, I’m sure you get the drift. I’m going to go now. I want to get you all caught up with the French experience, so please be sure to sign up for the Gallery (yes that is a link to the gallery of which I speak) so that you can see all the photos I have put out there to share with you all. If you feel like it, send me an email, leave comments on the blog or the gallery or the website.
Take care,
-G
Here is an example of their television ad: