VH1's New PSA Tries to Bring Humor to Anti-Bullying Awareness
 

VH1's New PSA Tries to Bring Humor to Anti-Bullying Awareness
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Sometimes, humor can be an effective way to address serious issues. It can especially be welcome among a sea of somber PSAs — as long as the message doesn't miss the mark.

VH1's latest anti-bullying PSA offers a light-hearted rendition of Gloria Gay**r's "I Will Survive" mashed up with kids who look like they've been pulled straight out of a 1980s teen movie. Unsurprisingly called "Revenge of the Nerds," the ad highlights the things kids tell themselves to cope with being bullied — namely, that they will have revenge one day.

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As well produced and humorous as the ad is, one can argue that it does little in the way of campaigning against bullying Read more...

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