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Advertising parody became one of the most reliable image genres of the period for a simple structural reason: a campaign supplies its own template. A famous layout with a one-word slogan, a white background and a silhouette can be reproduced by anyone with a basic photo editor, and the joke is carried by the contrast between the borrowed frame and the substituted subject.

The best of them were sharper than the originals, which is why brands rarely pursued them; a parody that spread told the marketing department its layout had become common property. The picture for this entry was not preserved when the source site was archived, so only the title and any caption remain. Both are kept here because the title is part of the record of what circulated.

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