Discussion: Personal hygiene products
Discussion: Personal hygiene products
Proctor and Gamble is a huge multinational corporation ($65 billion in 2016 sales) specializing in cleaning and personal hygiene products. Please watch and then analyze this controversial Proctor and Gamble commercial entitled “the Talk.”
Here are some things you might want to consider:
What strikes you about this commercial?
What is P & G’s motivation in creating this commercial?
How does this help sell cleaning products?
Why is it controversial?
Comment on the production values (e.g., script, filmmaking, music, etc.).
Assessment
We are looking for a thoughtful analysis of at least 500 words that contains a quotation from one of the course articles.
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