Groupon commercial offends both Tibetan and Chinese. (controversial, world, news)

[70Ford]

Behind The Wall - Super Bowl ad offends both Tibetans and Chinese-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJxIf...layer_embedded

Dude, that's pretty raw.

Heh.... reminds me of the Whopper Virgins.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbN00fDM1rM

SNL spoof is awesome

Saturday Night Live - Whopper Virgins - Video - NBC.com

[rogerbacon]

I saw the commercial and I thought, at first, that it was going to be a bold Pro-Tibet bit. I thought that would take a lot of moral courage on the people at Fox to have allowed something that controversial to run when they had rejected a lot of other ads. Naturally, the commercial was nothing of the sort and by the end of it I ended up feeling like it was stupid, in poor taste, and exploitative all at the same time. I wonder how this will affect Google's buyout talks with the Groupon people.

[Jaggy001]

Originally Posted by rogerbacon

I saw the commercial and I thought, at first, that it was going to be a bold Pro-Tibet bit. I thought that would take a lot of moral courage on the people at Fox to have allowed something that controversial to run when they had rejected a lot of other ads. Naturally, the commercial was nothing of the sort and by the end of it I ended up feeling like it was stupid, in poor taste, and exploitative all at the same time. I wonder how this will affect Google's buyout talks with the Groupon people.

I also thought it was pretty stupid. But, hey, if it manages to offend the Chinese and the Tibetans ........

[Strel]

Stupid concept, stupid commerical.

Stupid Timothy Hutton.

[stillkit]

Heck, I didn't even get what they were selling. So far as I'm concerned, somebody ought to be fired for buying that commercial.

But...to pizz off both the Tibetan's AND the Chinese is a trick worth taking note of!

[ecvMatt]

Because so many people in China and Tibet were watching the Superbowl

[RonnyR]

Are these commercials offensive or in poor taste?






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkFT2yjk0A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z206ipPhuFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_yScodndg

[tonythetuna]

Nope.

[Xanathos]

People who find these commercials offensive need to develop thicker skin. There is nothing in this world that can't be made funny. Nothing.

[ovcatto]

I don't know if offensive is the right word, but they do leave me with that wtf feeling by taking a serious issue and then in the end trivializing them: look at this terrible problem, but hey who cares look at the great deals I get...