Dunkin Donuts Freight Train Comercial? Error! - Trains Magazine

There is a phrase passed around almost jokingly in theatre circles: "the willing suspension of disbelief." Basically it just means that when you go see a play or a film you go with the basic understanding that what you are seeing, no matter how real it may seem, is at best a fictionalized recreation of the truth but often it is purely fiction. In layman's terms you go into the show with the knowledge that the people are in fact actors and the events in front of you are happening for your entertainment only. You are temporarily suspending your own disbelief so that you may enjoy the performance. Kinda that old addage,don't believe everyhting you see on television. Unfortunately, as capt. turk was alluding to, there are a lot of people who don't grasp that concept.

Terminal Tower-I'm sure the commercial was just using "artistic licensing." Most people don't know and don't care how many times an engineer stops a train. It makes for a better commercial by saying he stops more, even if to the knowledgable indivdual that number seems excessively high. Ultimately the commercials are intended to be over the top in order to get you to notice them. In this case it obviously worked.

Personally, I like the radio commercial for Dunkin' Donuts where the lady talks about crossing the border from Canada to the US to get coffee. I especially enjoy the part where she says that after a while the border agents recognized her and quit stopping her and asking here the standard questions so long as she brought them back coffee. I'm sure the US Customs and their Canadian counterparts get a good laugh at that one too. [:)]

Mike

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