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It's a Tide Ad
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It's a Tide Ad

Tide · 2018

Agency
Saatchi & Saatchi
Campaign
It's a Tide Ad

Analysis

David Harbour drives a car in Tide's Super Bowl commercial. The campaign borrows familiar advertising scenes and makes clean clothing their shared clue.

Category parodyReframing

Why it worked

The car scene first suggests an automotive ad. The detergent idea gives the same image a second reading through the clothes.

Lesson

Find a product clue that lets you reinterpret familiar advertising scenes.

Image source

© Tide. Shown for study and commentary.

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