Classic Commercials: The Banned Pepsi Ad
By: Laurie | February 17th, 2008What, you think this is culturally insensitive?
(This shows up in multiple places on the web as “The Banned Pepsi Ad,” but I’m not finding a story about the supposed banning anywhere. Anybody?)
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well, I’d assume the Chinese government would have banned it there imidiately. They don’t take kindly to…Well, to anything really.
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I can confirm that this showed on TV and was never actually banned. I remember seeing it on a french channel a long while back.
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Honestly, I really don’t see anything wrong with the ad… it’s actually pretty fun, and not disrespectful to anyone.
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Yeah, crazy Chinese government aside, I really don’t think this is terribly offensive to anyone. I doubt anyone takes it seriously enough to be mad.
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Trust me, I’m as culturally open-minded as can be, and that commercial is fine by my standards. He’s not belittling anyone or anything.
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This was on in Brazil. Lots and lots of times.
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So the bottom line is that this commercial was shown in several countries, but officially banned in Communist China and unofficially banned in the USA. At least China has an excuse – it’s an abhorrently repressive dictatorship. What’s the excuse here. Methinks there is a tad too much political correctness in the good old USA.
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