Those five blades are dangerous in more ways than you might think.
As mentioned by Robert Mackey over at the New York Times Olympics blog, Roger Federer has become the latest superstar athlete to falter after appearing in the add for the Gillette Fusion razor above. Mackey elaborates:
"Henry came down with a career-damaging case of sciatica and now plays, infrequently, with just flashes of his former brilliance; Woods blew out his knee, came back from surgery on it too quickly and, while winning the U.S. Open, damaged it so badly that he is now out for the year; Federer's invincibility cloak has gone missing and now he's having trouble beating Rafa Nadal not just on clay, but also on grass, and he's lost in straight sets to James Blake on a hard court in the run-up to the U.S. Open."
Mackey neglects to mention that the curse has now extended to the newest superstar athlete to join the ad campaign and it may have led to an unfortunate turn of events for the United States baseball team in Beijing.
That's right, Derek Jeter injured himself on Wednesday, right around the same time Federer lost to Blake. Jeter said the injury is "no big deal." Clearly he doesn't understand the forces at work here.
Here's the latest version of the ad with Jeter. There's no way I'm going near those blades now.
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