Can Someone Explain Mary J Blige's Stance on the Burger King Commercial??

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I know its old, but can someone explain her stance on the commercial? She said she "had no idea that it would turn out like that..." "I thought I would be shot in some iconic kind of way..."



She was singing about crispy chicken and the ingredients of a sandwich. She was wearing what seems to be a greaser leather outfit from the 50s while singing about crispy chicken. How exactly did she think that this thing would turn into some artistic and iconic commercial for BK?


How can you even compare it to the David Beckam commercial? Beckam was in hip attire (for white people) and a suit speaking the lines like a normal person, and flirtatiously. They even joked about him at the end teasing a gay reference.


Granted, BK created two completely different portrayals of the actors, but HTF did Mary think that she was going to be painted in some iconic role with how they filmed her?? What am I missing?
 
It goes to show how misinformed artists are about managing their own careers and need teams to keep them "in check".

That's a bullshit excuse, and she know's it. She was prb. attracted by the check and decided to jump on it, without realizing that it could be detrimental to her brand.

I honestly don't even think she's aware on how high of a pedestal her fans hold her.

On another note it also goes to show how out of touch big corporations are.
 
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It's an internet thing. It leaked....it sucked.....masses had a fit for no reason only because the masses had a fit for no reason. It just couldn't be a commercial....it had to be a disaster. I think the person who thought of the idea sucks. Hell...I need his job. How does people like that get a career with weak ass ideas like that. SHIT!!!!!! I have to bust my ass and these MFers make good money thinking of B.S ideas.
 
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She said it was supposed to be a dream sequence, with someone dreaming about a huge concert or something.

She also said when she was like "What's in the new crispy chicken wrap??", that that piece of audio was from a question she asked the crew, and wasn't even supposed to be recorded. They pasted that audio in there.

She also said the final result was much different than the treatment she had been sold.


Do I buy it? No.

I mean, she even had a joke about the track that was playing in the background, as if that wasn't the instrumental to a song on her latest album, and she isn't singing "crispy chicken" to a melody from that same song.

She fronting.
 
I honestly thought the "dream sequence" explanation was plausible, after seeing the other commercials and how they played on what the celebrity is known for....

Jay Leno's played up his car collecting

David Beckham's played up his sex appeal

Hers should have played up her singing ability but turned out looking like she popped up at a random BK and was praising chicken.
 
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shit is strange...
 
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I feel like its more just backtracking for a stupid decision, they were looking for a quick check and ended up with a disaster that hurt her image a bit.
 
She should have defended the commercial and stood behind her decision to do it. She punked out for no reason.

The same jerks crying about the commercial be bumping Waka Flocka and Rick Ross. She should have never bowed down to pressure. She should have been comfortable enough in her own skin to not care.

She sold out, then punked out. That's that s**t I don't like!
 
Yo I caught myself singing this in class one day,expecting somebody to sing along lol.
 
Just so everyone can see what we're talking about here's a link. I'm not really sure how she felt when she left the studio after filming, but I can't see how you'd feel good about this till you see the paycheck and blow it getting drunk on petron.
 
she didnt use a green or blue screen.she stood on a BK table top and sang a chicken song how the hell was that going to turn into a dream concert in a iconic way? shes full of shhh...crispy chicken.
 
I'm confused to who deemed this as "Racist'. If the same sequence went down and the question was "what's in the new bacon burger" and she listed the ingredients...would we be discussing this.

So when a black woman sings about chicken....hmmmm.....

Would it have been "racist" if someone "not so black" like Alicia Keys or Mariah did it? What if Nelly Furtado did it? Seems like people are stretching with this one.

It was a horrible commercial though. Looked like something that would end up on Tosh.0 of Dave Chapelle woulda done as a skit and actually made racist. But then we'd all laugh. I'm confused.

It ain't even like REAL Chicken...it's chicken strips. I guess next we'll get on some diva for singing about a watermelon jolly rancher.

It's 2012, everything's gonna always look racist if we spend all day running around looking for racist shyt. not sure why she didn't stand behind the commercial...or why Burger King didn't have better writers and make a better commercail to be called "racist" in the 1st place.
 
i could sing about crispy chicken! killin' all the stereotypes and at the end i would say something like "OH, wait a minute, im white" and i'd just go away from the stage
 
Honestly, to have one's race affiliated with such amazing foods like fried chicken and watermelon is an honor. There's no shame in it.
 
This Mary debacle has given rise to some of the greatest spoofs youtube has ever seen!
 
More people will remember her for BK crispy chicken wraps than her first albums.

You can't put black people near fried chicken or watermelon on TV or somebody is going to get mad. You might as well have them picking cotton too.

Some things are really petty... because anybody can order a snack wrap.
 
She got paid.

Man, family guy always stereotypes black people liking chicken- Isn't that what burger king is doing.

Marketing Manager " Right listen here Jimmy, I need your got damn ass up and calling Mary J Blige's management and get her on this hot idea I got"

Jimmy "Ok sir"

Marketing Manager " Black people like chicken, they respect Mary. We put that sh!ttogether with her singing over an rnb beat and they'll come running through the doors! Do you follow me Jimmy!

Jimmy "Ok sir"


Marketing Manager "Actually Jimmy before your get up cancel my 2'o clock appointment and get under the table and gimme some loving for that bonus you want this quarter"


The whole commercial was created by a weird a$$ queer ball mind.
 
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