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MAYBE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
deserved the quick kick to the crotch.
The young pop star—whose impossibly high-pitched voice
momentarily spiked an octave higher—had just been propelled
through the air and flown into a mailbox, his legs splayed in a
flinch-inspiring moment that made for a hugely entertaining
TV commercial for Pepsi-Cola.
Needless to say, the spot had something for everyone.
Teenage girls got to swoon over the guy who once boasted he’s
single-handedly “bringing sexy back”—I hadn’t realized it’d
gone anywhere—before scrambling to take part in a Pepsi
sweepstakes for tickets to his next concert.
And detractors got to enjoy the Schadenfreude ...