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JL/Waitrose Bohemian Rhapsody Xmas ad that wasn't... Love it or loathe it?

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TwitterQueen1 · 04/09/2018 21:26

Anyone else clock this? It was shown in the 1st ad break in GBBO. You can find it on YouTube if you look. I thought it was funny, interesting, innovative and clever. I felt it was a non-Christmas if that makes sense, ie it could have been one but they deliberately didn't make it Christmassy. I also loved the passion behind it, having attended quite a few school concerts in my time, but none like this one. From a creative / ad pov, I thought it was very clever too. Did you love it or loathe it?

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5000KallaxHoles · 06/09/2018 09:38

Hated it.

DD2's Reception school show had a chorus line of dancing cows complete with rubber glove udders... can't really top that.

ShotsFired · 06/09/2018 09:41

It's one of those ads which is fine the first time you see it, but by the eleventy-millionth airing you are dead sick of it and it just drags.

But I am not a fan of silly cutesy cutesy child remakes of adult stuff anyway, so the novelty has worn off already (watched it once).

PrefabSprouts · 06/09/2018 09:43

I didn't read too much into it, as department store/supermarket adverts go, I thought it was quite good. It's very long though, DH got bored and stopped watching half way through.

Clawdy · 06/09/2018 10:50

As soon as it started I thought "Surely they can't sing the 'Mama, just killed a man ' bit.......They didn't of course!

derxa · 06/09/2018 11:36

Why thank you TQ

Honestly I was a worse diva than the kids. Even getting the performing kids doing that advert wouldn't have been plain sailing. People saying that all school productions are shit. Well you have a go!

BlackrockMum · 06/09/2018 11:52

I loved it, watched entranced to end to see who it was from and even giggled when the Martian wasn't dead, I even told my DH who has to exit room when GBBO on , he said I usually talk about the show not the adds.

tiredgirly · 24/10/2018 18:15

didn't like it, boring .Don't get the appeal.but I am clearly in the minority

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