Inappropriate Commercial?

Agree or not I would love to hear your opinion

For those of you that know me you know am very liberal and easygoing.  I don’t get offended easily and have a sense of humor bout things.  Last night though I saw a commercial that really got under my skin.  I just found it highly inappropriate for the situation.  Let me explain.

 

Back in the eighties there was a rap called “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix A Lot.  It starts off “I like big butts and I can not lie…” I always loved it, thought it was fun plus I love the butt.

 

So this commercial comes on with that song as the jingle with the words changed but you could tell it was Sir Mix A Lot… this time it started off, I Like square butts and I can not lie…”  , can’t tell you much bout the words after that but it referred to Spongebob and Patrick… then they had those two dancing on screen with the Burger King mascot.  They also flashed to woman dancing made up to look like they had square butts.

 

Eventually they flash to Sir Mix A Lot sitting on a couch watching television with two ladies and he says, “Booty is booty.”

 

Then they let you know Burger King now has Sponge Bob toys in their Kid’s meals.

 

Now I know they changed the song up a bit but the fact they referred to butts and saying,“booty is booty” all to advertise kids toys. 

 

I am not offended by much other then things like prejudice and racism, but I have to say I was quite applaud by that commercial.  I just found it wasn’t appropriate for their objectives.

 

So tell me what do you think?  

Author's Note

Agree or not I would love to hear your opinion.

Reviews

[Fran Marie]

David Farkas
Burger King's Booty Call
April 6, 2009
Burger King is employing booty to sell burgers. The burger giant's new commercial, for a 99-cent kid's meal, aired during last night's lopsided national championship game between Michigan State and University of North Carolina.
"I like square butts and I cannot lie," the King character raps, in an old-school homage to Sir Mix-A-Lot, as four female dancers gyrate behind him.
Square butts? The young women all have phone books in their shorts. Then Sponge Bob Square Pants appears on a television. There's your theme and justification for the kid's meal. (Don't forget SBSQ lives in a place called Bikini Bottom.)
A lot happens before the commercial closes with a coda, of sorts: Grammy Award-winning Sir Mix-A-Lot, who wrote the song being parodied, announces "booty is booty."
What does one make of this production, oddly reminiscent of the Pee-wee Herman Show? For one thing, Burger King continues to maintain its distance from more family-oriented rival McDonald's. For another, it appears aimed at urban African-Americans. But let's not kid ourselves. The country is steeped in hip-hop culture, and many white suburbanites will appreciate BK's retro "hipness."
In any case, the spot strikes me as silly and funny and a reminder that sexism can play a role in peddling fast food. Even to our children.


I google search the above info Dale~ and they also show the commercial ~ I am with you
I think it's very inappropriate to use "Booty" (sexism) to peddle fast food to our children
IMO it sends a very "do whatever you want in life kids, no rules need apply kind of message"
I disagree with David Farkus~ I don't find it one bit funny!! I find it very distasteful~Fran

[Wildfleour]

I can't really "get it", if I don't see it, but if you so strongly reacted to it, I'm sure there was a reason.

[Ralphy]

Dale the poet in you is coming out...lol I know where you're coming from but you, me and the lot, have now entered the twilight zoine....

[SM Davis]

Dale - think you are spot on with this one. I don't watch a lot of tv so haven't the commercial but no matter. Kids should be allowed to be kids and adult things should remain as such.

[Bethany Woody]

I can completely understand where you are coming from on this one. It is one thing to use sex to sell a product to adults, but quite another to use it to promote toys to children. And yes that is exactly what they were doing. They used the image to push the kids to beg for a Burger King Trip all to get Sponge Bob crap! Like you I'm pretty liberal and easy going, but, this just aint right(as they say in the south).

Beth
P.S.-:) I like that song too.