Monday, August 04, 2008

The Breakfast Club: Now Requiring AARP Membership

I went to see The Dark Knight on Thursday with my intern, Kat. She's 21. Before the previews started, the new JC Penny back-to-school promo aired. It features a revved up version of "Don't You Forget About Me" and steals the general premise of The Breakfast Club, compacting it into one minute to sell jeans and other tween fashion sensations.

I leaned over to Kat. "You know, the funny thing about this is that the audience they're trying to appeal to wasn't even born when this movie came out."

"Oh," she said. "This is based on a movie?"

5 cat calls:

jenn said...
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jenn said...

HA HA HA!

Man, it's so strange to be older and having experiences like that. Really weird.

mendacious said...

*siiiiiigh*

Kurt said...

I thought the same thing. It also took me about half the ad to realize what was going on.

penelope said...

oh dear lord.