to think this is a distasteful juxtaposition

[OhDearNigel]

Watching a programme on ITV iplayer thing about orthodox jews. They have an elderly man whose family were gassed at Belzec. He was very emotionally describing how his family got off the train, went straight to the gas chamber and then.... David Tennant eulogising about the wonder of TIVO. It happens again about 15 minutes later on exactly the same topic - depiste them having been talking about lots of jolly topics in the interim

AIBU to think that if you are going to advertise, do it at another point rather than straight after the elderly Jewish man describing how his family were murdered by the Nazis.

You're overthinking this. Do you seriously imagine there's a department of 'Not Running Questionable Adverts That May Clash With Tragic Stories'?

surely someone thinks where the ads are going ?

I have drunk a whole bottle of cava and am in a rather tipsy frame of mind which may account for the overthinking...

ITV has ads yes? So, erm, what advert would have been appropriate to the subject of the programme?

I get what you're saying Nigel. They could have timed it better, couldn't they?

OhDearNigel - for some reason the ad breaks ALWAYS seem to cut into the most tragic / emotional / crucial / scary moments of any film, drama or documentary. Really irritating!!
(Poor old man whose family got murdered in such a horrible way, that's tragic & YANBU for not liking inappropriate adverts in the ad breaks.)

PvL, there was a lot of lighthearted, comedy material in the programme. Surely it's not beyond the realms of probability that they could have cut the programme to ensure that the ad break came after the bloke laughing about teh absurd cost of the etrog fruit or in teh middle of the Bar Mitzvah celebrations ? Not after an old man had been talking about his dreadful experiences in a labour camp

I'd imagine the reason why it was done in the programme was to give a chance for reflection during the ad break. Would it not have been just as bad to go from that scene to one of the more light hearted/comical ones?

That's disgusting Cogito.

Cognito

If it is like American Ad buys, it's bought in 30 second slots X minutes into the show. Content isn't considered.

And cogito.

Oh dear I got deleted.

me too!

At the risk of being deleted again, as the subject was 'tasteless juxtaposition', I suggested that a more tasteless one would have been an advert for a well-known utility provider.

Oh please. I'm Jewish. What Cogito said was funny. Which guideline does that break?

Gotcha. Funnily enough I had the same thought.

It's censorship gone mad!!!!!

Cogito hahaha!

And OP, you're overthinking.

YAY!! for once, I come across a deleted post and am not at all baffled as to what was said. I saw it, I commented on it!!! First time!!