Department of unbelievably false movie advertising, #2911
Attentive viewers noted that Tim Burton's adaptation of Sweeney Todd was advertised as though it wasn't that truly frightening thing, a musical. (This despite the fact that it's practically an opera.) But this evening, I spied something equally creative: a TV promo for Doubt that makes it look as though it is...a light Christmas comedy. You know--Christmas trees, lighthearted voiceover, peppy music, snippets of mildly snarky dialogue. To anyone who has never heard of Doubt, let me just say: it is not a light Christmas comedy.
Really.
Very not.