![]() Its tropical theming is shared with its Baja Family, while it was once paired with former secondary Taco Bell exclusive Sangrita Blast. 7 The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resortīaja Blast is a Mexican-inspired Tropical Lime flavor of Mountain Dew and is an ocean-like teal in color.5.7 Baja Caribbean Splash and Baja Passionfruit Punch.3.10 2024 Permanent Release/20th "Bajaversary".3.1 2014 Original Limited-Time store release.The opinions in this commentary are solely those of LZ Granderson. I can’t help but feel it’s a sad, sad day when the policing of comedy gets to the point where we can’t even laugh at a talking goat.įollow us on Twitter us on Facebook/CNNOpinion. No right or wrong answers, just a peek inside the skull of the people who consume pop culture. And sometimes it’s all one giant inkblot, like a Rorschach test. You know, sometimes images in pop culture are obviously insensitive or offensive, such as Lil Wayne usurping the murder of Emmett Till to make a vulgar reference about sex. Why? Because in Perry’s films, the dramatization is intended to be based in reality, while a thirsty gangsta goat by the name of Felicia is not. In fact, I would dare say the images of black men in many of Tyler Perry’s movies, which are widely supported by the black community, are far more offensive than what I saw in that commercial. But with all of that being said, I doubt his intent behind the commercial was to demonize black men.Ī commercial that uses stereotypes has the potential to make any minority group featured in it uncomfortable, but is the Mountain Dew commercial really on par with, say, “Birth of a Nation,” a film that blatantly uses disparaging caricatures of black men to slander and promote fear? No, it isn’t, so can we please step back from the ledge? Jerry Falwell saying the Teletubbies were bad for children because the purple one was gay.Īnd I’m not trying to say Tyler, the Creator (whose real name is Tyler Okonma) scripted a commercial that is as brilliant as anything we’ve seen on the “Chappelle Show.” And because of the rape fantasies in his music and liberal use of homophobic slurs on Twitter, I question why the advertising executives at Mountain Dew thought it was a good idea to partner with him in the first place. Thus I find the controversy to be as laughable as the Rev. There’s a reason “South Park” remains a high-rated show, why “The Simpsons” is the longest-running sitcom in history, why a third installment of “The Hangover” is being released: A lot of people like dumb, frat-boy humor draped in fantasy. For me, though, the presence of a talking goat put me in a different “South Park”-ish mindset. It could be seen as callous or making light of battered women. The Mountain Dew commercials’ brand of frat-boy physical humor isn’t everyone’s thing. I am in no way, shape or form involved in any n***erdom!” “What if I were to tell you that you are an African-American?” “You’ve never left this property, have you, Mr. Similar to the way I snickered during a skit featuring Dave Chappelle, who was making fun of racism with the creation of his character Clayton Bigsby, a blind white supremacist in the South. The circumstances surrounding the scene in the commercial are so outrageously over the top, I found myself snickering more than anything. But come on, one of the suspects’ names is “Beyonte.” ![]() ![]() Yes, and because of that, I can see how some could be a bit put off by a police lineup featuring all black men before a frightened white woman. ![]()
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