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Gillette: The Best Men Can Be

Campaign · 2019 · Notable

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Tubular reported 27.2 million Twitter views for Gillette's masculinity film.

Original · Gillette / Grey New York / Kim Gehrig

Piers Morgan

@piersmorgan · Jan 14, 2019

I've used @Gillette razors my entire adult life but this absurd virtue-signalling PC guff may drive me away to a company less eager to fuel the current pathetic global assault on masculinity. Let boys be damn boys. Let men be damn men.

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Gillette Ad's Controversy Maximizes Engagement | Tubular Labs
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Gillette's new 'toxic masculinity' ad: When to bite the backlash bullet
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How it works
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Numbers

Twitter upload by Tubular report; derivatives uncounted
27.2M
As of Jan 21, 2019 · X · Tubular Labs
Seed to peak proxy
2 days
Jan 13 ’19 to Jan 15 ’19
Platforms
6
Started on YouTube
Origin
Mixed
Beauty & personal care

Mechanics

  • ControversyPrimary
  • Response chain
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Newsjacking

How it spread

Trace the origin

Gillette challenged male misconduct in a film tied to #MeToo. Boycott calls, defenses and response videos spread across social media and press. P&G said early sales were unchanged; its later Gillette write-down became a separate controversy.

Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.

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Timeline (16)

  1. January 2019

    Marc Pritchard / CES precursor · Week of Jan 7, 2019

    Pritchard previewed We Believe at CES before the online campaign launched.[1]

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  2. Gillette seed · Jan 13 ’19

    Gillette released We Believe, a film challenging bullying, harassment and excuses for male misconduct.[2][1]

  3. Free Republic members platform jump · Jan 14 ’19

    Free Republic users discussed the Wall Street Journal story and called for a boycott.[3]

  1. press · Jan 14 ’19

  2. platform jump · Jan 14 ’19

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Origin
Mixed
Sector
Beauty & personal care
Region
US
Twitter upload by Tubular report; derivatives uncounted
27.2M
As of Jan 21, 2019 · X · Tubular Labs
Evidence
Grade A

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