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Hooray Beer... or Brilliant?

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Well, first of all, we get a commercial with two semi-cartoon characters frying themselves on the beach. And they speak of the responsibilities of not carrying six beers, letalone drinking them, at one time. Now we get some reggae dude, probably from the Bahamas or some other country preaching that he can teach the "white man" to dance. "Hooray Beer"!!! Yeah, I love beer, and anyone that knows me can attest to that. But isn't that a little racial? What would happen if they made a commercial with a white man and he said, hey, "Kentucky Fried Chicken" ... helping black folks integrate with the white man for years? That, to me, is a little bit hypocritical. Aren't we supposed to live in a society that's FREE?? Yet, we get to sit down at the dinner table and see a black man teach the white man how to dance? And that's ESPN for shit's sake. Anyone with cable can get that. A child can see that and ask daddy why a black man selling beer is trying to teach a white man how to dance.!!! Why is it that we can't just accept sports for what they are, not try to add fuel to the fire, and appreciate the color difference in it? ESPN should not have the whole "teaching the white man how to dance" bullshit! They should know better. They should stick with the "Brilliant" campaign. Shit, if it was up to me, everybody would drink a twelve-pack a night. But I'm not a salesman. Just my thoughts.


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  • LastRowSports.com


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Tue 07/11/06, 1:37 pm EST


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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1246 days ago
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I have to say I don't think I've seen anything from this "LastRowSports" that I've thought added to the site. Just a personal opinion.
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UfgatorsDiv-I Stud
1246 days ago
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Yeah, I hate it when people think this stuff is racist...the "reggae dude, probably from the Bahamas or some other country preaching that he can teach the "white man" to dance" is from the band UB-40 (red wine) and these commercials are way old. Also, how is this news? Isnt this opinionated?
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
1246 days ago
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Brilliant. Hooray beer seems too bigoted. "Helping our white friends dance.." If that is bigotry..
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All~In~ChicagoVarsity
1246 days ago
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As far as beer commercials go I don't really care, but if you want to get technical aren't all beer commercials degrading to some person some how. Women in bikinis, Irish men looking like idiots and I can go on and on. Bacardi and Cola?...and the list is plentiful. I can say I can't dance and neither can 3/4's of my friends. Beer does allow me to losen up and make a fool out of myself.
Yeah there might be issues out there but the problem does not begin with ESPN. However they do have many issues with program choices and in this case commercials. But as I just stated the problem at hand goes way beyond ESPN. Sex and entertainment/humor sells and in our society its us as the consumers that need to change.
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Anonymous Fanatic #2
1246 days ago
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kudos All-in +
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Anonymous Fanatic #2
1246 days ago
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This is a White Stripe beer ad? This has been on TV for years (or as long as I have known how to dance)
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All~In~ChicagoVarsity
1246 days ago
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Red Stripe
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
1246 days ago
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If you can get offended by a TV commercial - YOU'RE the one with the problem.
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All~In~ChicagoVarsity
1246 days ago
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Personally, I say drink a beer and get over the whole thing. This is a topic for Wiki Law or something other than here.
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LastRowAll-American
1246 days ago
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Sarcasm here people…Sarcasm! Gosh, Idiots.
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UfgatorsDiv-I Stud
1246 days ago
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Yeah, I hate it when people think this stuff is racist...the "reggae dude, probably from the Bahamas or some other country preaching that he can teach the "white man" to dance" is from the band UB-40 (red wine) and these commercials are way old.
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Michalski81Soccer Kid
1244 days ago
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i have been seeing the red stripe beer commercials more and more lately and i get a kick out of the "Hooray Beer" sometime soon i may go to the liquer store and get some red stripe and give it a try.
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