Ellen Page hearts Cisco?
Slate dissects the indie sweetheart's appearance on an IT ad.
By Sue Carter Flinn
- Easy, breezy, beautiful commercial girls.
Remember how shocked people were when Bob Dylan showed up in a Victoria's Secret commercial? That was awkwardly weird, but not as gross as one I heard this week: Fine Young Cannibals' song "She Drives Me Crazy," on a cough syrup commercial, where sick people hack up flem on command during the choruses.
No one's blaming the old guys for endorsing a few products to keep the limo fuelled, but as Slate pointed out, it's always a little different when it's indie sweethearts like Zooey Deschanel and Ellen Page. Read their analysis here, and watch the commercial here:
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