Tide Wows With Commercial That Treats Dad Like a Normal Human

Just watch this astounding Tide commercial from Saatchi & Saatchi in New York. It came out in January, so quietly that we didn't even notice it. And that's the beauty of it. See the dad? He's an ordinary dad. I'll let that sink in. He's not a buffoon, the butt of a joke, a clueless child who needs his wife to take care of him. He's not afraid of washing his daughter's clothes, or even a guy who has to supplement his masculinity by doing pull-ups and crunches after he handles a princess dress, like Tide's overcompensating dad-mom from 2011. He's just a guy with a daughter—who also bucks gender roles, by the way, by managing to be a messy tomboy even while she's wearing a princess dress. Judging by the YouTube comments, parents are loving it. Tide deserves a standing ovation for this bold statement in the movement to take back fatherhood.

Second wave / Des créatifs au bout du rouleau?

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THE ORIGINAL?
Venice Surf Magazine – 1998
Source : One show, Distinctive merit,
Agency : DM9DDB Sao Paulo (Brazil)
LESS ORIGINAL
BeachBrother Magazine – 2012
Source : LLLLitl
Agency : Les Piraates (France)

Tide: Coke

Tide: Coke

Advertising Agency: Raynet O&M LiaoNing, China
Art Director / Photographer: Jin Shangkui
Copywriter: Li Bing

Tide: Oil

Tide: Oil

Advertising Agency: Raynet O&M LiaoNing, China
Art Director / Photographer: Jin Shangkui
Copywriter: Li Bing

Tide: Tomato ketchup

Tide: Tomato ketchup

Advertising Agency: Raynet O&M LiaoNing, China
Art Director / Photographer: Jin Shangkui
Copywriter: Li Bing

Tide: Girl

Tide: Girl

Put stains back where they belong.

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Mumbai, India
Executive Creative Directors / Copywriters: Santosh Padhi, KV Sridhar
Creative Director / Art Director: Santosh Padhi
Photographer: Amol Jadhav
Account Supervisors: Tahira Nath, Chetan Rao
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Pratima Chandra

Tide: Boy

Tide: Boy

Put stains back where they belong.

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Mumbai, India
Executive Creative Directors / Copywriters: Santosh Padhi, KV Sridhar
Creative Director / Art Director: Santosh Padhi
Photographer: Amol Jadhav
Account Supervisors: Tahira Nath, Chetan Rao
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Pratima Chandra

Tide: Lipstick

Tide: Lipstick

Put stains back where they belong.

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Mumbai, India
Executive Creative Directors / Copywriters: Santosh Padhi, KV Sridhar
Creative Director / Art Director: Santosh Padhi
Photographer: Amol Jadhav
Account Supervisors: Tahira Nath, Chetan Rao
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Pratima Chandra