This Week’s Controversial Burger King Ad Is Not Soundtracked By An R.E.M. Song
Not content with scandalizing SpongeBob SquarePants-loving tykes with images of big, juicy, four-cornered bootys, Burger King has unleashed another ad campaign that’s keeping them in the press; this time, it’s for the “Texican Whopper,” a curiously double-pattied burger that is being advertised by the pairing of a cowboy and a Lucha Libre (who is draped in a Mexican flag and referred to as a “Little Mexican,” hence the controversy). The ads are being pulled, but the wire stories live on, and for some reason every clip online I’ve seen so far has claimed that the rolling piano music underneath the heartwarming story of these two unlikely pals coming together is a snippet of R.E.M.’s “At My Most Beautiful.” After extensive consultation with fans of Michael Stipe et al on my buddy list, I’m comfortable saying that the Internet is wrong on that point. Compare the original with the ad, after the jump.
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Now that that’s been cleared up, can anyone tell me what is in that second patty? Is it chicken? Or “crispy lettuce,” whatever that might be?
Texican Whopper Ad Surprising Combination [YouTube] R.E.M. – At My Most Beautiful [YouTube] Burger King to scrap ad after complaint by Mexico [Reuters]
