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Ghoulish Delight

10-10-2005 04:30 PM

Unicef bombs the Smurfs!

In a bizarre campaign, Unicef is set to release a 25 second film in Belgium depicting the Smuf village being fire-bombed mercilessly with the tagline, "Don't let war affect the lives of children."

The received permission from the family of the creator.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...08/ixhome.html

Drince88

10-10-2005 04:35 PM

Hmmm, I'm not sure if seeing something like that would compel me to donate money to UNICEF....

Prudence

10-10-2005 04:46 PM

I think that's sick. Just sick. Maybe I'm not understanding the role of Smurfs in Belgium. Here, they're a kids show. And using a kids show for the message, despite the 9pm limit, seems an awful lot to me like they're targeting the message at kids. Is that supposed to shame parents with "wailing terror?"

But again, maybe I don't get it. Maybe it's like Peanuts here and viewers are generally adults reliving their childhoods.

Ghoulish Delight

10-10-2005 04:55 PM

Well, the Smurfs are of Belgian origin, so I'll defer to them on its status as a cultural icon.

Morrigoon

10-10-2005 05:15 PM

Gee, that's just the sort of artwork I'd like to see *my* charitable funds used for (NOT!)

tracilicious

10-10-2005 05:40 PM

Wow. Nothing makes me want to take out my wallet like blown up smurfs.

Moonliner

10-10-2005 06:22 PM

Smurf's? Pain? Suffering? Sign me up! :evil:

I never could stand the blue buggers...

Cadaverous Pallor

10-10-2005 07:04 PM

I disagree with all y'all. They wanted a striking image to represent the suffering of children during wartime. They achieved that.

The Smurfs have been around for nearly 50 years and the images are supposed to affect adults that grew up with the innocent comics and TV show.

Quote:

Philippe Henon, a spokesman for Unicef Belgium, said his agency had set out to shock, after concluding that traditional images of suffering in Third World war zones had lost their power to move television viewers. "It's controversial," he said. "We have never done something like this before but we've learned over the years that the reaction to the more normal type of campaign is very limited."

Quote:

The film has won tentative approval from the official Smurf fan club. A spokesman said: "I think it will wake up some people. It is so un-Smurf-like, it might get people to think."

I'd agree.

Not Afraid

10-10-2005 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I think using a native cultural icon to make a point in a country that experienced merciless fire-bombing can be effective. I'm not Belgian and have no connection to their cultural norms, but maybe this will serve as a good reminder or encourage people to take action so children in other smurflands are not effected. I'm not sure what propelled them to choose to release it now.

€uroMeinke

10-10-2005 09:11 PM

Considering Children are still being firebombed in the world, fire bombing smurfs doesn't seem to far a stretch of the horrific. There are plenty worse things happening to real people and children, if anything the cartoon probably lets them off easy.

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