A Majestic Sh..Hole Awaits!

These Cheeky Ads From Haiti Hope to Use Trump’s Words Against Him

Creative director raises funds for billboards and letter to the president

President Trump’s comments referring to certain nations, including Haiti, as “shitholes” provoked widespread anger and outrage. But one agency creative in the Caribbean nation is working on a more lighthearted response—raising money to run out-of-home and print ads in Washington, D.C., that aim to use Trump’s words against him to boost the image of Haiti.

Fabien Dodard, a creative director at Parkour Studio, has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise cash to run “shithole” themed ads for Haiti in the American capital. He has set a $40,000 goal and raised a little over $2,000 so far.

The more money he raises, the more ads he’ll be able to run. The creative has already been produced, with headlines like “A majestic shhole awaits,” “You bring the sunscreen. We bring the shhole” and “Our sh**hole beaches go on for days.” There is also a letter to Trump that could run in The New York Times.

Here are mockups of how the ads would look:

For the record, this campaign is not connected with the Haiti government or its tourism agency.

On the GoFundMe page, he offers this breakdown of how the funds would be used at certain levels:

• With $3,000, we can have one billboard on the insterstate.
• With $15,000, we can have one billboard up downtown.
• With $20,000, we’ll have one billboard + some transit ads
• With $35,000, we’ll have 2 billboards + some transit ads
• With $40,000, we’ll have all of the above + some ads in a D.C. mall
• With $200,000, we’ll have all of the above + a half page insertion of our letter in the New York Times. (yes a shithole half page insertion in the NYT is very expensive…)
• With $500,000+, we’ll have all of the above and will invest the rest of the money in tourism projects and infrastructure.

Here are more mockups:

Finally the letter to Mr. President:

Source: http://www.adweek.com