Newcastle targets unloved-offspring market

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Newcastle Brown Ale has a new slogan: "The lighter side of dark." And they're backing it up with two spots that are probably supposed to show the lighter side of dark humor, but really make Newcastle seem like the beer of unloved children. In the spot below, two parents explain, using a graph, how even their decorative china is more important to them than their kid. But then they give him some Newcastle as a consolation prize.

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