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‘True Blood’ Shave?

Anna Paquin stars in HBO's True Blood.

Anna Paquin stars in HBO's 'True Blood'.

True Blood, an HBO series about vampires, kicks off its second season tonight.

That would have nothing to do with shaving, except for one thing: Gillette, owned by marketing wizards Proctor and Gamble, is running a ‘True Blood Shave’ ad campaign for the Fusion razor.

What the hell?

As I said before, I won’t question the marketing know how of P&G or Gillette.

But would you want any association to ‘blood’ in your razor campaign? Call me crazy, I wouldn’t.

“9 out of 10 vampires surveyed shave with the Gillette Fusion razor!”

2 comments

1 Bobtrumpet { 06.08.09 at 13:10 }

“9 out of 10 vampires surveyed shave with the Gillette Fusion razor!”

Do they shave by feel? They can’t look in the mirror. :-)

2 True Blood Shave II: Double Fail! | Wet Shavers Blog { 06.12.09 at 12:25 }

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