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This isn’t subtle influencing, it’s a blunt advertising object. What does Debra say about freezing her fat? Is it that it boosted her confidence? Finally overcame a difficult bit of fat she’s been trying to get rid of for years? Is it helpful as her body changes over time? No, she simply, with all the eloquence of a frat boy convincing you to chug a 40, requests you “DO IT!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5682045069a91ad70f5dbd1c/ddff6c72-7292-4fa6-8d6a-bf7ddf329496/Exhibit+B.jpg Blog - Debra Messing's Famous Freeze Ray - Exhibit B: What really sent me about this ad was the copy in the middle. “Before and after photos shown are not of Debra Messing.” Slim Debra in her blue dinner dress wants you to know that the chubby normies in the images are not her. NO! Although they should definitely “Do it!” Debra would never have THAT much to “do” in terms of fat freezing. I just imagined Deb’s (she’s now Deb) people reviewing the materials and being like, “Well, we really need to make it clear that that is not Deb’s chicken wing in the photo.” I kind of wish I’d been in that meeting. I assume it happened quickly because very little effort was put into anything about this poster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5682045069a91ad70f5dbd1c/3ff5bccd-ecb0-4481-a8d0-870c7fe65cb4/Exhibit+C.jpg Blog - Debra Messing's Famous Freeze Ray - Exhibit C: The sheer number of asterisks/stars in the only actual content about the procedure is incredible. The first sentence basically flags every other word. Anything with that many qualifiers gives me some pause. Like…if the name of the product requires qualification what are we doing? To be fair, when you dig into them, you find out half of the stars highlight the doctors who did the freezing procedures, which I’m kind of obsessed with. Like: “Oh, did you notice this reduced love handle? That’s a Dr. Humphrey original.” “The back fat? You’ll notice the tell-tale brushstrokes of Dr. Caruthers.” I feel there is some kind of Modern Art exhibit in there somewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5682045069a91ad70f5dbd1c/751c5c7f-7536-46df-abf7-f270f95b58b6/Exhibit+E.png Blog - Debra Messing's Famous Freeze Ray - Exhibit E: The last exhibit is more of an anecdote. But the picture reflects the absurdity of the facial expressions I make. Anyway, at the end of my dermatology appointment, I asked the doctor about my facial skin health. Tl;dr my family has a history of globules, warts, acne, etc. on the face, and I am trying to avoid it as best as I can. The doc just assumed I was a vain homosexual (which is true, for the record) and immediately started talking about wrinkles. 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