Pondering Pornographic Product Placement Possibilities

Read an article on newsarama.com about the proliferation of product placement in comic books:

The move is the most recent inroad for product placement lately, as the method for stealth advertising has most recently been seen in videogames, and has been ubiquitous in film and on television for years. The “placement” part of the moniker is slightly misleading as the “placement” is sold, not freely given. That is, the appearance of a Nike swoosh or a Pontiac Solstice in front of the eyes of thousands of comic book readers doesn’t come without a price being charged by the publisher as part of its advertising for the comic.

Given the limited profit margins provided to the comics, I actually think that is a wise move. Of course, some of the Newsarama posters disagreed:

FAT SPIDEY wrote: “First my video games now my comics, you want my first born too coporate [sic] America. (Angry emoticon) (Smiling emoticon)”

URTHWORM wrote: “Jesus. This is bad enough in movies, I can't even begin to express how distateful [sic] I find it.”

Proper spelling is not a requirement for posting at newsarama.

Seeing as how the paid placement of products (I do love alliteration) seems to be spreading across various mediums (or media??), it got me to thinking about smut.

True, most things get me thinking about smut.

But in an industry that complains about small profit margins, why isn’t there a drive for product placement in the porno biz?

When the pizza guy drops off some pies at the starving co-ed’s apartment, he could be wearing a Pizza Hut uniform. (Not Domino’s – those guys are prudes.)

When the office party gets rowdy, the interns can do it on a Canon copier.

Then, there is the matter of out-right sponsorship. Victoria’s Secret or Hooters can sponsor a line of movies. I can’t imagine any negative backlash would be too severe.

For an industry that constantly leads the curve on technological advances and sales methods, why are they behind the ball on this? Really, are the phone sex companies the only advertisers they can find?

And I know - only I could go from an article on comic books to a rumination on which photocopier should be used for the sequel to Slut Puppies.

It’s a gift.

wojr  ¶ 4:45 PM