They can, the industry just doesn’t. There’s no law prohibiting it.
Is it true that you can't drink alcohol in a commercial? Like Shane Gillis pointed out to Post Malone in their commercial?
Submitted 4 days ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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YoFrodo@lemmy.world 4 days ago
nocturne@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
Also, it would be very uncommon for an entire commercial, or other production, to do an entire dining scene in a single take. So the actors would be having to drink multiple times the amount shown on screen… likely having a much different quality of acting ability in the later takes than the initial.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Countless movies/TV shows show people drinking/getting drunk. Typically, it’s water with food coloring (or similar). When someone is shown eating, the scene cuts and they spit it out.
CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s self imposed to avoid another prohibition like event. The industry doesn’t want to be associated with the consumption of their product. Broadcast companies also don’t want to be associated with the consumption of the product so they just don’t show people drinking the product.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I have always been told that.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Thorry@feddit.org 4 days ago
This would depend greatly on where you want to air that commercial.