This ad is causing a bit of a stir here in Oz and on the webitubes. Racist? Meh. Stupid? Definitely.
UPDATE: KFC have withdrawn the advertisement — Personally I think cultural differences between the US and Oz are to blame here and that the producers of the ad didn’t intend a racist subtext, if one actually exists.
“Personally I think cultural differences between the US and Oz are to blame here and that the producers of the ad didn’t intend a racist subtext, if one actually exists.”
There’s a different culture outside the US? There is an “outside the US”? Shit, who knew? Well everyone outside the US knows anyway.
The US needs to examine itself. Some people are asking, “Why does the muslims of the world hate the US”
First they need to delete words 3, 4 and 5 from that question.
A cultural difference Americans may not realize that always makes us laugh over here. The word Fanny has a completely different definition in OZ. Look up our definition, then think of all the times you’ve used it, replace your definition with ours, and see how offensive you’ve been. Lucky we’ve got a sense of humour.
# 32 aussie_yobbo
Lame.
# 39 Wretched Gnu
He is not scared of them he wants them to stop making so much noise so he can enjoy the cricket (which under any circumstance is hard because it is so boring). It is a series of ad’s and KFC is used to silence white people too (for the goal of watching cricket in peace). Also, West Indians are seen as friendly and exuberant by most Australians, not violent and intimidating. Whether or not that is a stereotype, we like West Indians and your cultural ignorance/bias (black people = scary) is clouding your opinion.
# 42 the Grim Peeper
Fannys aren’t offensive, they’re where life comes from.
The more I learn about my stupid country–the more I wish I were from somewhere else. Why do the American people care about some stupid chicken ad from another country, and then they go ahead and let stupid sh*t happen at home?
We keep giving away our constitution to the government and when I complain about it I’m scoffed at like some lunatic–but then people youtube an advertisement and raise hell about it? WHY DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
#44 I have a suggestion, leave, hire a really good voice coach to lose the accent and flatly deny every being American if asked. You will thank yourself.
Suggestions for a better country to live in… any.
The Korean version is hilarious