Posts Tagged ‘racial stereotypes’

#1.6 — Pepsi Max — Stereotypalooza

Monday, February 7th, 2011

sjbooher: Where to even begin. Horrible gender stereotypes and “manvertising“. Horrible racial stereotypes. Pepsi Max did their best to appeal to the lowest common denominator all night long. So lazy. I try never to drink your poison as it is, but if I do have a taste for it, you can bet I’m buying a Coke after this night of horrors. F.

jtherkal: Made and voted on by the consumer alert! Another one of the Pepsi/Dorito contest winners. Looks like this is how America thinks, since enough people voted on this one to make it one of the top three Pepsi Max spots. The ending is the worst possible part, with the can throw. Ugh. And what’s worse? The nagging wife stereotype, or if the commercial had been about a husband doing the same thing to a fat wife because Americans hate fat women? That guy ate soap. F-.

#4.3 — MetroPCS — Indian Guys

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

sjbooher: Lame racial stereotypes. FTF. F.

jtherkal: Yeah, I want to like something this strange. I love Indian guys. But this just isn’t good. Unless these are actual Indian personalities, who we just don’t know about, this can be no better than a D.