tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post299139839021099036..comments2023-04-09T03:16:57.931-05:00Comments on Who Are The Ad Wizards Who Came Up With THAT One?: Whopper Virgins defloweredWindier E. Megatonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548907084285962noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-83949064174719549132009-01-11T13:19:00.000-06:002009-01-11T13:19:00.000-06:00Last night's Saturday Night Live featured a parody...Last night's Saturday Night Live featured a parody of the Whopper Virgins spot that gets at the same idea.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk4lmaMqmbY<BR/><BR/>It doesn't seem to be on NBC.com or Hulu, so see it there before it gets pulled from YouTube.Windier E. Megatonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548907084285962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-80425368354596219042009-01-08T15:20:00.000-06:002009-01-08T15:20:00.000-06:00It's interesting to note the level of Western impe...It's interesting to note the level of Western imperialist thought here. They discuss the subjects like it's a nature documentary. What's funniest is that all these people have likely heard about Burger King before. They have Burger King and McDonald's in the Hmong region. They watch American and British TV stations. <BR/>Transylvania, it's hard to say, because it doesn't exist anymore, does it? Oh, and I liked your idea to have people who can't read contribute their opinions on your blog. My little sister typed:<BR/> awklf;ajfo;qw[-!<BR/><BR/>Very useful, I thinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-27030243959491734142009-01-06T17:05:00.000-06:002009-01-06T17:05:00.000-06:00Point #1: Fine. My comment was meant to be over-t...Point #1: Fine. My comment was meant to be over-the-top, but you are technically correct.<BR/><BR/>Point #2: Yeah, but I attack EVERY ad for being extremely stupid -- so it's kind of nice to have that occasional commercial (usually from Crispin Porter) that goes the extra mile by transcending mere stupidity and being offensive. Maybe using isolated, non-Western groups of people to advertise fast food isn't a high crime, but I think the cumulative effect of the campaign is pretty insensitive. It's that classic BK solipsism, "Oh my God, there are poverty-stricken people out there who don't even use telephones? I wonder what they think about our burgers!!" Most people who see children living in mud shacks might want to help, or at least leave them well enough alone. Burger King wants to put them on billboards as a humorous lark.Quivering P. Landmasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13926124101429429723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-56084556068025090022009-01-06T15:46:00.000-06:002009-01-06T15:46:00.000-06:00"That reminds me. I need someone who doesn't know ..."That reminds me. I need someone who doesn't know how to read to tell me if they like this blog or not. I'll publish the results at the top of the page next week."<BR/><BR/>This isn't really an accurate analogy. It would be more along the lines of asking someone who's never read a blog, rather than someone who is illiterate, to read yours and form an opinion. Unless Inuits and Transylvanians don't eat, that is, in which case these ads go from stupid to surreal.<BR/><BR/>Also, I think the comment by the initial poster was less a defense of BK's intentions here, and more an annoyance with the various self-appointed crusaders out there that rally in defense of previously or currently exploited peoples in situations where they aren't being exploited in a truly detrimental fashion. Advocacy for the mistreated is a good thing, but there probably is a line to be drawn here in that regard, since to my knowledge, these people were asked to eat a burger and probably received a pittance as compensation, not beaten and tortured. Better to attack these ads on the basis of their extreme stupidity, and save the moral outrage for real transgressions, in my opinion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136604602531413096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-16440506685728656622009-01-06T13:05:00.000-06:002009-01-06T13:05:00.000-06:00No worries! I definitely put a name behind anythi...No worries! I definitely put a name behind anything I comment on. I work at a small ad agency and produce mostly small budget local spots, and I'm also often amazed and/or disgusted at what the 'big boys' produce, whether from a lack of creativity or tact... or both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-83726521931300026832009-01-05T15:04:00.000-06:002009-01-05T15:04:00.000-06:00Sorry if I sounded snarky there. I kind of though...Sorry if I sounded snarky there. I kind of thought you were the same person as anonymous up there. I guess I let my emotions get the better of me when it comes to Crispin Porter!Quivering P. Landmasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13926124101429429723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-17409244482438316462009-01-05T14:49:00.000-06:002009-01-05T14:49:00.000-06:00I stand corrected, Quivering, and I should've done...I stand corrected, Quivering, and I should've done my own research as well. My mistake. I still enjoy your site and look forward to updates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-64818134138133382732009-01-05T13:49:00.000-06:002009-01-05T13:49:00.000-06:00*BUZZ* - WRONG! Joe, do you seriously think I wou...*BUZZ* - WRONG! Joe, do you seriously think I would spend all that time writing this post without doing my research? They're real people, not actors. Real Transylvanians, Hmong people and Inuits -- Crispin Porter actually has its own documentary filmmakers on staff. <BR/><BR/>Here:<BR/>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122834728675077461.html<BR/><BR/>Or, Joe, you can go to www.whoppervirgins.com where it says in BIG CAPPED TYPE:<BR/>"WHOPPER VIRGINS ARE REAL PEOPLE DOING REAL TASTE TESTS. NO ACTORS WERE USED IN THIS FILM."<BR/><BR/>I know I rag on BK all the time, but even they wouldn't put a bald-faced lie on their website that would invite litigation.Quivering P. Landmasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13926124101429429723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-55222380816274936312009-01-05T13:19:00.000-06:002009-01-05T13:19:00.000-06:00You realize all of these people in these commercia...You realize all of these people in these commercials are actors, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-56086408221733986272009-01-05T10:11:00.000-06:002009-01-05T10:11:00.000-06:00You're seriously going to defend this campaign alo...You're seriously going to defend this campaign along that line of reasoning? Burger King gave them "FOOD"? It was a taste test of something they didn't even like in the first place -- go to whoppervirgins.com and judge their reactions for yourself. Way to feed the poor!<BR/><BR/>Also, money? You think by selecting three or four Inuit people and giving them scale pay to appear in a commercial, that somehow helps the community? Come off it. <BR/><BR/>If you just like the campaign or think it's funny or whatever, fine. But do not try to pretend like BK was interested in ANY WAY in doing the "right thing." And by the way, I don't know any of these activists you're talking about, but I write a tiny, unadvertised blog that earns me zero dollars a year (like 99% of blogs.) I have no need for self-promotion.Quivering P. Landmasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13926124101429429723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976730772853038669.post-473575071085528692009-01-05T08:55:00.000-06:002009-01-05T08:55:00.000-06:00"Unsurprisingly, the initial spots incited unease ..."<I>Unsurprisingly, the initial spots incited unease and even anger -- which is what tends to happen when you use poor, isolated peoples as guinea pigs for your fast food products and then put them in your commercials rather than, you know, helping them not starve to death.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Yes, how dare Burger King give these poor people food and money to appear in a television commercial. Shame on them! These adults obviously cannot make their own decisions. They're in desperate need of the busybody activists whom presume to speak for them and every other group of "those people" to cry about it loudly and publicly. I'm so sure it is truly their interests they have in mind when speaking for others, and not their own self-promoting grandstanding. Thank God for these selfless people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com