Germany Can’t Stomach Netflix’s Splatstick ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Ads stat : UPROXX

Netflix's sly promotional rollout for Drew Barrymore's Santa Clarita Diet is apparently turning stomachs in Germany. *cranes head upward* Hmm… It's not exactly a gaggle of Minions or that smug insurance gecko, now is it? The Berliner Tagesspiegel reports that the country's nationwide billboard campaign for the streaming comedy has been yanked over its cute cannibal marketing strategy. The sight of a human take on currywurst was considered "disgusting" by a portion of public that were moved to complain about the advertisement. Consider Germany a pass for any Itchy & Scratchy style billboard gags in the near future.




We've been told that Doner had nothing to do with a separate series of Santa Clarita billboards deemed too bloody for Germany. Turns out that she is starring in the Netflix original "Santa Clarita Diet, which is about—wait for it—zombies. But the agency has worked on projects promoting the Netflix series Stranger Things and House of Cards. And while Barrymore is at it, can she eat all those YMI Jeans #wannabettabutt billboards? The other day we were thinking to ourselves, "What the hell has Drew Barrymore been up to lately?" (That's not really true.


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