5. MOVIE PROMOTION often come up with gaffes. Take for instance the new Indian (India) film "Bang Bang!" which is set to be released Oct. 2nd. It is violent and to be released on Gandhi Jayanti, a holiday celebrated in India every year to mark the birth of Mohandas Gandhi, a champion of nonviolence.
Paramount Australia recently advertised the new "Teenage Mutant Turtles" film by tweeting a poster of the turtles flying out of an exploding skyscraper, with the release date of September 11th.
6. And speaking of SEPTEMBER 11TH gaffes, Esquire.com accidentally ran a headline reading "Making Your Morning Commute More Stylish" next to a photo of a man falling out of one of the Twin Towers. The Tumbledown Golf Course in Wisconsin apologized for their special $9.11 golf rate to "commemorate" Sept. 11.
But perhaps the worst came within hours of the attack when British bureaucrat Jo Moore realized that the events in America were so distracting that any bad news at home might be overlooked. "It is now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury," she said in an e-mail. After it got out, she said she was very sorry.
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