I'm currently doing a public relations subject for uni, and as part of the subject we get into groups and design a Public Relations strategy for a real-life company. My group drew the long straw and got to work with Virgin Mobile, while other groups got stuck with dodgy local construction companies and law firms
Suckers
Anyway, I make this post to discuss the sensitive issue of midget rights
You see, we are designing a Christmas campaign for Virgin, and part of this campaign involves some promo people handing out flyers at shopping centres touting our top secret new Virgin product. Now when you think Christmas, you think elves. You think Santa's little helpers.
You think midgets.
Now, I wanted midgets for this part of the campaign. But members of my group don't think it's 'ethical' to 'exploit' midgets for such a purpose. Even if they're getting paid to do it. I don't think it's any different from a television show casting an old person, or an Aboriginal person, or a woman for a certain role. I'm sure there are midgets who make a good living out of being elves, so who are we to deprive them of theoretical money from our theoretical campaign?
I would like to hear your thoughts - if you hire a midget to be one of Santa's little elves, are you exploiting them? Leave a comment. Normal rules apply - if you use your comment to bag out Tommy be sure to make it anonymous because you're a fucking pansy.
A midget being Uncle-Slammed
4 comments:
Of course it's not, maybe if you chained them together, paid them 5cents a day, a had Mark Latham whip them when they slowed own it would be.. but otherwise it's just role casting.
Society sucks, can't say a thing against other people because it is '(insert generic and meaningless insult)' to think badly about anyone for anything.
People don't even have an opinion of their own anymore. Why the hell can't midgets be elves if they are employed under their own free will to do so? No wonder the world is growing to hate western culture, we are morons with too much money and time on our hands.
In my first movie the oompa loompas were real dwarfs and everyone loved them, except richie who was a little scared of them, oh well can't please everyone
i have to say i'm quite pissed about the lack of midget feedback
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