Classic Commercials: The Banned Pepsi Ad

By: Laurie | February 17th, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd8en_NhZ1c

What, 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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• mele419 |  February 17th, 2008 at 8:24 am

  
  
  

  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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• Rami |  February 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am

  
  
  

  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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• Marco |  February 17th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

  
  
  

  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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• Ian |  February 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

  
  
  

  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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• Sam |  February 17th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

  
  
  

  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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• Ana |  February 17th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

  
  
  

  This was on in Brazil. Lots and lots of times.

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• Mike |  February 18th, 2008 at 6:45 am

  
  
  

  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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