Sharpe's Opinion
Thursday, 4th Dec, 2008
Outrageous Outrage at the Whopper Virgins Taste Test Challenge
The Telegraph has the story of Burger King running a Whopper vs. Big Mac challenge in remote locations where people may never have eaten American burgers before, and garnering criticism from groups such as Food First, whose ‘development director’ is quoted as saying “The ad’s not even acknowledging that there’s even hunger in any of these places”
Get a grip, people. First of all, just because somebody is living in a remote area, that doesn’t make them impoverished nor starving. Tribal lifestyle is not necessarily a bad thing, you realise. That attitude is disgracefully condescending. Secondly, learn to take a joke and accept that this is an amusing and creative advertising campaign. Nothing more, nothing less.
Oh, and if somebody is starving, wouldn’t giving them a free burger be quite a good thing?
ladytizzy
December 4th, 2008 | 5:55 pm
Where have you been? Britain is joke-free since Brand/Ross: no, I don’t give a damn what any of you think, it was intended as a joke.
I fully endorse Simon Amstell.
Oh, and good luck to whoever is running this country in 2020 in finally ridding the nation of (relative) child poverty.
asquith
December 4th, 2008 | 6:12 pm
I knew a very pretty, recently arrived Iranian who used to be always eating McDonald’s & KFC. It sort of vaguely upset me that she was shunning not only the excellent food of her country of origin, but also the best of English food, which can reach an extremely high standard (although you do have to look quite long & hard).
Stu
December 4th, 2008 | 6:47 pm
Tiz – indeed, Simon Amstell is particularly excellent.
Asquith – ignorant as I am of the joys of Iranian culinary traditions, I’m a big fan of British food of all sorts. We have a bad reputation, but it’s ill-deserved, as a decent corned beef hash or steak and kidney pudding will show. Also, haggis is an oft-overlooked masterpiece of our northen friends, and Welsh rarebit is truly admirable in it’s simple, homely charm. Particularly with Stilton.
Who needs that American rubbish. Not me.
asquith
December 4th, 2008 | 9:03 pm
Yes. You can get some marvellous raw ingredients from a farmer’s market too…