tinyurl.com/ycdkblz -> www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2009/09/denmarks_own_goal.cfm?Fsrc=glvrnwl
VISITDENMARK, Denmark's official tourism agency, has removed a promotional video from its YouTube site after criticism. The film, shot in video-diary style, purports to be the work of a Danish woman with a baby: she says that the child is the result of a one-night stand with a foreign visitor and that she hopes the father will see the video and contact her. It's nicely acted, gently affecting, completely fake and unintentionally hilarious.
meant to be "a good and sweet story about a mature, responsible woman who lives in a free society and shoulders the responsibility of her actions", instead conveys the message that if you come to Denmark, you can sleep with attractive locals.
aussiepete wrote: September 23, 2009 0:31 Forget Denmark - come to Sydney. Mary Donaldson met Crown Prince Frederik at a bar during the Olympics and the fairytale began.
Curitibano wrote: September 22, 2009 16:01 The world is becoming increasingly a dictatorship of the conservatives. Let each and every person express whatever they want, in whatever means they can. If we start taking out videos from YouTube because they 'hurt' somebody's feelings, where will we end up?
roland52 wrote: September 18, 2009 3:40 Speaking as a person of Danish descent, I find this ad in the worst possible taste and an embarassment for an otherwise level-headed, hospitable nation. It seems my father's country has lost it's bearings, pushing the envelope a bit too far when attempting to create "hip" advertising. If meant to be taken seriously, this shameful ad will ensure Danmark plays host to exactly the kind of tourists it deserves. "Hyygelig" has nothing to do with anonymous, alcohol-induced sex and fatherless children. There is a hole where the country's heart should reside.
Valdemar_II wrote: September 17, 2009 21:25 The other dude, I agree, I really should. Enjoy our free health care they said, enjoy our excellent subsidised public transport, enjoy our culture, enjoy one of the most liveable cities in the world they said, enjoy our promiscuous good looking girls.
Valdemar_II wrote: September 17, 2009 20:37 It's a disgrace! Surely there are some rules against this kind of behaviour - completely unacceptable. I have been in the country for almost three years now and visited the bar in question frequently yet no drunk, blond, Danish woman has ever thrown herself at me in all that time.
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