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Audrey Hepburn's the latest star to be brought back to sell sell sell. But how does her pants dance for GAP compare to Steve McQueen's drive for Ford?

Hepburn's Gap Ad                                            McQueen's Ford Ad
               

Cast your votes below. Remember to evaluate the star's performance. Don't just base it on AC/DC's 'Back in Black.'

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• #14 Comment from tod2ramone 
  10/5/06 6:42 AM | Permalink

  I wish we would follow the British and not have commercials on tv. That would make me happy. As for the person who butchered the "opinion" metaphor, would you be so pro-advertisement if they had your dead grandma hawking a product? Especially if it was something that you yourself would never buy?
  
  It's not only in poor taste to use dead celebrities in this manner, it could be considered illegal. None of these stars are alive to give their consent to any of this. I'm not sure how exactly they got permission to use their images, but you can be certain it didn't come from either one of them!
  
  I know I wouldn't want someone to sully my name, even if I'm dead. Ms. Hepburn and Mr. McQueen were talented actors, not spotlight hogs. This may be suitable for the likes of Paris Hilton or Donald Trump, but it is an insult to the memory of those who have passed on and are no longer able to defend themselves.
• #13 Comment from christen1246 
  10/1/06 12:10 PM | Permalink

  Yet another reflection of the disintegration of America via corporate greed and people's total lack of respect and/or conscience.  Audrey Hepburn stood for a LOT more than a tacky GAP commercial, yet another company to capitalize on a dead star's fame and popularity.  Regardless of the stars' families or estates who approve of their use, it's a despicable practice and one that should be stopped.  What's next?  Using Jesus Christ to sell cars?  This is all becoming way too much, leading to desensitizing people's basic tenets of respect (self- and other.)  Need proof?  Just look around you with eyes wide open...  We're supposed to be the country of "family values" and all that political clap-trap.  But when it comes to the almighty dollar, most people lose all sense of judgment and would do anything to enrich their own bank accounts.  It's a disgrace, and a serious warning pointing to our eventual downfall as "the greatest country in the world."  That particular title already fell by the wayside a long time ago.  
• #12 Comment from jrp1947 
  10/1/06 11:02 AM | Permalink

  Opinions are like a certain part of the body you never see unless you are very limber or have a big mirroe and everyone has one. This is a commercial world and if it will help sell a product someone is going to find a way to do it or use it. That's reality folks and you can thank your law makers for that. Some of it will be in good taste and some won't. If the ad bothers you then turn it off or refuse to support that company and brand. If the ad causes the younger generation to go get the older films and see these magnificant stars then that is a bonus. How many young ladies today might turn out to be new Hepburn's or young men become McQueen's because the ads introduced them to someone they could relate to? Maybe there is another benefit besides selling a pair of pants or a car. you decide by what you watch.  
• #11 Comment from oaklandrachel0 
  9/27/06 6:51 PM | Permalink

  audrey hepburn is one of the biggest stars of all time.
  first of all, whoever said she has a "hatchet face" doesnt know what theyre talking about because shes beautiful, and her different face is what made her famous.
  she was a dancer much before she was an actress, and the way gap portrays her dance from funny face is a disgrace to her and her movie.
  everyone i know makes fun of audrey for that commercial, so that commercial didnt introduce her to a new generation, all it did was give people and excuse to make fun of her. if she were to be in a commercial, then why not one of the organizations that she actively helped in?
• #10 Comment from wpbangels 
  9/27/06 2:42 PM | Permalink

  i personally think superman should be played by pee wee herman,
  and my mother is like rude,have you ever farted in a bag?
  does a egg roll or wobble? is tevlevision really a vision?
  can you make a plastic paper bag? is paris hilton really stupid?
  how can you make a positive out of two negitives?
  is madonna really a virgin? is michael jackson white or black?
  do pigs really fly? has anyone really ever caught a tiger by the toe?
  is one in the bag really better than two in the bush? can you really kill two birds with one stone? does it have to be a big stone? or can it be like just a regular stone? or can you just use a rock? can you kill two bats with one stone? or does that just apply to birds? or howabout geese or ducks?OR MAYBE FLYING PIGS?,
  can you kill two flying pigs with one stone? or if you kill one of the flying pigs and miss the other ,will the one pig get mad? why do they say too many cooks spoil the soup? would alota cooks make the soup easier to cook?