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Maine Senate Candidate Defends Ad Campaign Where He Dances In A Speedo
A candidate running for a state Senate seat said video footage of him dancing in a Speedo for a drink commercial was being taken out of context -- and a little too seriously -- by political opponents.
Eric Brakey, a New Gloucester resident and Republican who recently announced his candidacy for Senate District 15, said a video circulating on the conservative website As Maine Goes and criticized by some activists was an outtake of a commercial for Vita Coco Coconut Water, a drink sold in stores across the country.
Brakey, an actor by profession, also appears in the full-length commercial dancing in a Speedo in front of a mirror. Other Speedo-clad men also appear in different scenes of the commercial dancing the samba, a Brazilian dance, in what is designed to be a comedic performance.
http://www.pressherald.com/politics/State-Senate-candidate-defends-speedo-dance-ad.html
Eric Brakey, a New Gloucester resident and Republican who recently announced his candidacy for Senate District 15, said a video circulating on the conservative website As Maine Goes and criticized by some activists was an outtake of a commercial for Vita Coco Coconut Water, a drink sold in stores across the country.
Brakey, an actor by profession, also appears in the full-length commercial dancing in a Speedo in front of a mirror. Other Speedo-clad men also appear in different scenes of the commercial dancing the samba, a Brazilian dance, in what is designed to be a comedic performance.
http://www.pressherald.com/politics/State-Senate-candidate-defends-speedo-dance-ad.html