‘THE COVE’ HAS WEIRD MARKETING
08.05.09The Cove is a documentary about the attempts of activists to document the brutal dolphin hunt at Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, and the selling of dolphin meat passed off as whale. (Gotta love Japan. “They’d never buy it if they knew it was panda meat, so I told them it was unicorn.”). Naturally, to promote the film, the company behind The Cove made this series of comedy videos featuring a guy in a dolphin suit. He raps, does stand up comedy, fights crime, poses for a sexy photo shoot, and plays beer pong. It’s kind of funny, and possibly the strangest promotion ever. It’s like one of those bad PSA segues from the 80s. “I hope you enjoyed the magic show, folks, but now I’m going to take a few seconds to talk to you about child rape, which is no laughing matter.”
Trailer for The Cove
“Dolphins are gangsta”
“Dolphins are badass”
“Dolphins are sexy”
“Dolphins are cool”
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The Japanese countered with a video titled “
DolphinsWhales are Tasty.”Now we just sit back and wait for the hipster backlash against dolphins.
BREAKING NEWS:
Dolph Lundgren is adding “in” to the end of his first name in hopes of being relevant.
Is this movie about a group of Wiccans?
Dolphin meat and whale meat are both pretty tasty, but you’re limited on the amount of dishes you can prepare with them; that’s why I use all-porpoise meat.
This movie seems kind of
aquatic mammal-yfishy.the comedian dolphin later accused Carlos Manateeus of stealing his jokes
If I get to watch Hayden Pantytripper cry, I’m there.
I hope you enjoyed the magic show, folks, but now I’m going to take a few seconds to talk to you about child rape, which is no laughing matter.
Sounds like the plot to The Lovely Bones.
Dolphin skulls make excellent seal clubs.
Dolphins on a bender are called Bottle To the Nose Dolphins
It’s weird how Japan always seem to surprise me.
And this is coming from a country that has invertebrates for porn stars.
Dolphins taste great, but not as good as pigs. If we could mate them, we’d the the most delicious animal of all, the porka.
“Dolphins are gangsta”
I can’t stand Diggas.
I’d take land shark over bad-ass dolphin any day.
That is correct. I take my child rape very seriously.
I don’t know why they had to sneak around and everything, the password to get into the Cove is “I rika to kira dorfins.”
Wouldn’t a Bi-Curious Dolphin be called a Flipper?
my idea of viral marketing is ejaculating on the free food samples at the buy-in-bulk supermarkets