DirecTV Raises Girl From Dead for Ad

KBSKAK

08:31 PMNov 03 2008

No rule, certainly not a rule of decorum is hard and true for all cases. This isn't a law or a civil rights case. This commercial is in bad taste. She was child when she died and did not have any say in the use of her image. It is not the same thing as watching an actor who has died in adulthood. And yes, circumstances can matter. WE decide what is in bad taste by subtle measures. So yeah, DIrectv stepped in it with this ad. Capitalizing on the image of a dead child is distasteful. Sorry.

KBSKAK

08:29 PMNov 03 2008

No rule, certainly not a rule of decorum is hard and true for all cases. This isn't a law or a civil rights case. This commercial is in bad taste. She was child when she died and did not have any say in the use of her image. It is not the same thing as watching an actor who has died in adulthood. And yes, circumstances can matter. WE decide what is in bad taste by subtle measures. So yeah, DIrectv stepped in it with this ad. Capitalizing on the image of a dead child is distasteful. Sorry.

BeCuzYNot

09:28 PMOct 12 2008

Ya'll smoke way too much crack in MtCLAIRS.....wtf????

BeCuzYNot

09:26 PMOct 12 2008

Ya'll smoke way too much crack in MtCLAIRS.....wtf????

SueSez2

08:51 PMOct 12 2008

That little girl is taken from the movie POLTERGIEST. Come on people she is not a real dead child. She is an actress for petes sakes.

YaLuvMe21

08:05 PMOct 12 2008

Don't we see things all the time with dead actors and actesses? There a Macy's comercial out that shows clips of movies and I am preety sure some of those actors are deceased. It's just entertainment.

Snowbaby1230

08:01 PMOct 12 2008

If you remember her mom sued the doctor for "loss of income" when the poor kid died so I am not surprised at all that she's trying to make a buck off her memory. The mother only saw her as a meal ticket.

Luckyduck222

07:52 PMOct 11 2008

MTCLAIRS- I don't know who you lived down the street from, but it wasn't this girl. She died of a bowel obstruction. I thought it was a complication of giardia, but I could be wrong. Just know she was not shot. The girl who played the older sister in Poltergeist was shot and killed by her boyfriend, are you thinking of her?

OPTICALDIVA88

07:51 PMOct 11 2008

MTCLAIRS 07:26 PMOct 11 2008 well for all of you to young to remember--we lived 2 blocks away from her-- her own father and mother were in a bitter custody-- he shot her ( the little girl )and then killed himself --my husband was a fireman at the time and we were neighbors !! she was not sick , she was a tomboy loved to play outside. yes we were shocked to see her again but if the mom approved this we must see it in her way--we always felt bad and sad for her-mtclairs@aol.com ************************************************************************ ***********I usually never comment on these things, but you are seriously disturbed. Heather died in the childrens hospital of san diego , ca. Heather and my older brother became very good friends there as children (he had severe asthma). She died of something like a bowl obstruction. Your sick and twisted, and you are disrespecting her memory.

All4No3

07:50 PMOct 11 2008

MTCLAIRS - you must be thinking of someone else. She died during surgery for septic shock. Look it up online. Here is the official memorial website: http://heatherorourke.net/site/