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Sean ([personal profile] sqbr) wrote2010-01-14 07:40 pm

Wicked energy drink ad o.O

I went into Avatar expecting the movie to have a creepy appropriative racist subtext. I was not expecting it from the ads. (Warning, it's pretty obnoxious)

Wicked Energy drink ad

Rough description of relevant parts:
A white man drinks some Wicked energy drink, and a drop falls on a geisha tattoo.
She rips off her kimono to reveal leopard print underwear. Her dragon tattoo turns into a real dragon which she rides. She rides a surfboard with a samurai who is eaten by a koi. She dances exuberantly in contrast to some less scantily dressed 50's style sailor girls. A japanese demon kills a lotus flower with a fart. She pole dances and then makes out with a western style skull. The drink bottle comes up and an asian style dragon comes out before the slogan "bring out your wicked side".

This is all in one minute. How..efficient.
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[personal profile] sanguinity 2010-01-14 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Lord, but I wish I hadn't clicked that.
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2010-01-14 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, me neither. Jeezus peet that shit gives slime a bad name.
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[personal profile] willow 2010-01-21 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
And watching that just reaffirmed me not to watch tv this year. Sheesh. It was like a roller coaster train ride hitting every stop of bad taste and exploitation.