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Elvis & Bonaparte was a no show at this year’s Portland Advertising Federation Rosey Awards, after its short film was bumped from the event.
Turns out the agency’s 2-minute film, titled, Reach and Frequency, was deemed inappropriate for the audience, said organizers of the Portland, Ore., event.
The film, a spoof of a 1970s porno trailer, is set at fictitious shop Tucker, Swallow & Rockhard. In one scene, a couple are making love in an elevator; at her boyfriend’s urging,
the woman screams, “You’re Dan Wieden! You’re Dan Wieden!”
The Rosey Awards, honoring the best of Oregon ads, has used short films before as “bumpers” at shows.



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