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Rugby
kisses from gay Paree
By
Cyd Zeigler jr.
Outsports.com
The Tourism Board of Paris has come up with an ad
campaign to attract Londoners to the cross-channel city of
romance. One of the ads (right) in the campaign features rugby
players in a scrum kissing and groping one another. Says
their Web site:
"The second ad uses offbeat wit and the Rugby World Cup
to show the world that Paris is also the capital of humour.
The Paris region will be hosting several World Cup matches,
including the final at the Stade de France."
Maybe it's lost on me because I'm gay, but I
found the ad more erotic and sexy than funny. I guess
they're going after the Chuck & Larry crowd, too. But
given that the French
Dieux du Stade puts out hours of video and pages of
photos of naked athletes caressing themselves and one
another every year, it's hard to
find this shot somehow ironic.
   
Thanks to
Towleroad.
July 17,
2007 |
