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Fallacies in Advertising It has been more than twenty years since a relatively unknown actress named Julia Roberts stole every scene in the sleeper hit Mystic Pizza. She charmed audiences with beautiful brown eyes, a wild mop of dark hair and a smile that lit up the screen. Some of her co-stars continued their Hollywood success, most notably Vincent D'Onofrio, who stars in Law and Order: Criminal Intent. No one enjoyed success like Roberts, however; she is an Oscar winner, a top box office draw, and considered by many to be one of the most beautiful women in the world. Now forty-two, she recently signed on with Lancome Paris to become the face of their beauty products.

In an ad featured in O, The Oprah Magazine...

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19), a radiant Roberts is the subject of a close-up portrait. Her hair is blonde, silky and simply styled. She wears modest earrings and a white blouse that is open at the throat. Roberts' eyes are beautifully made up and she looks directly at the reader. With pale lip gloss and a slight smile, Roberts is stunning in a way that appears effortless. Any woman can look like this with our product, the ad seems to say.
Roberts is advertising Lancome's Teint Miracle. The use of the French word for "tint" gives the product added cache, trading on the stereotype of the ultra chic Parisienne. The make-up promises a miracle. It is not enough to have a "flawless finish." The ad implies that using Teint Miracle will…

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Teint Miracle. (2011). Lancome Paris. O, The Oprah Magazine 12 (4), p. 19.


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