Australian guy posts commercial on youtube, trolls America

[President Television]

Relevant links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftZt-Dw_hQ

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,1,26558490-5006301,00.html

http://www.clockcrew.cc/talk/showthread.php?p=1714054&posted=1#post1714054

[Thurnez Isa]

Can already tell you what's going to happen...
American's will overreact (to a degree I think it's alright since it IS an American company)
Australians will then overreact cause they think they are being called racist
and everyone but KFC is going to look a total idiot

[Rumckle]

 

Reminds of something my friend said the other day:

"The reason Canadians and Australians get along so well is that they are both racist."

[hooplala]

People are actually offended by this commercial?  They even say it's a Cricket survival guide... he is clearly wearing different teams colours.  So the awkwardness is that he is sitting in the wrong area of the arena, not that's he's surrounded by black people.

[hooplala]

Reminds of something my friend said the other day:

"The reason Canadians and Australians get along so well is that they are both racist."

Wha?  Based on WHAT?

[Rumckle]

Something about the way we both treat our indigenous peoples.

He was from Alberta, btw.

[hooplala]

Something about the way we both treat our indigenous peoples.

He was from Alberta, btw.

Oh, well that explains it.  Based on his experience that's probably true.  You should tell him Alberta is nice and all, with the miles and miles of fields and prairies, but he should try coming to Canada some time.  

[Thurnez Isa]

People are actually offended by this commercial?  They even say it's a Cricket survival guide... he is clearly wearing different teams colours.  So the awkwardness is that he is sitting in the wrong area of the arena, not that's he's surrounded by black people.

The one point that I will give those that overreact a little leeway is that it is an American company and KFC did say they tried to prevent it from being seen by Americans since it can be seen as playing off American stereotypes. It makes me wonder if there would have been a better way to make the commercial,
and more to the point what company can be so incredibly stupid to think it's not going to be leeked on the internet?
But having said that it's a weak argument in my opinion and everyone should take a chill pill. I stand by my original statement. Everyone will overreact and everyone will end up looking like idiots in the end

[hooplala]

People are actually offended by this commercial?  They even say it's a Cricket survival guide... he is clearly wearing different teams colours.  So the awkwardness is that he is sitting in the wrong area of the arena, not that's he's surrounded by black people.

The one point that I will give those that overreact a little leeway is that it is an American company and KFC did say they tried to prevent it from being seen by Americans since it can be seen as playing off American stereotypes. It makes me wonder if there would have been a better way to make the commercial,
and more to the point what company can be so incredibly stupid to think it's not going to be leeked on the internet?
But having said that it's a weaker and everyone should take a chill pill. I stand by my original statement. Everyone will overreact and everyone will end up looking like idiots in the end

It probably would be misinterpreted since a lot of Americans (most?) don't have any knowledge of cricket or soccer, and how the crowds are.

[Cain]

Casual racism towards Aborigines was fairly common in Australia, even in the 80s (it might be better now...though I doubt it).  But then in Australia, casual racism towards everyone was fairly common, whether they be British, American, South-East Asian, Arab or from other parts of Australia.

[Rumckle]

I was about to add Kiwis, but then I noticed you put "other parts of Australia"

[Cain]

Kiwis aren't really people either, so they don't count.

[Iason Ouabache]

Reminds me of the kerfuffle a couple months ago when someone thought it would be a good idea to do a black face performance on Australian television. I understand the cultural differences can cause confusion, but c'mon! Do a little research every now and then.

[President Television]

Can already tell you what's going to happen...
American's will overreact (to a degree I think it's alright since it IS an American company)
Australians will then overreact cause they think they are being called racist
and everyone but KFC is going to look a total idiot

Already happened, according to that news site I linked in the OP.
Except for the part about Australia overreacting. I think. I got a headache before I could dig too deeply into the youtube comments.

[East Coast Hustle]

Casual racism towards Aborigines was fairly common in Australia, even in the 80s (it might be better now...though I doubt it).  But then in Australia, casual racism towards everyone was fairly common, whether they be British, American, South-East Asian, Arab or from other parts of Australia.

when I took the test to apply for an australian immigration visa, they were pretty obvious about preferring people who spoke english as a first language and came from predominantly white, english-speaking countries.