It was only a matter of time before someone put these two stories together. Mexican paper Excelsior celebrated Obama’s upcoming visit to Mexico by publishing a cartoon featuring Presidents Obama and Calderon as the Burger King Texican Whopper ad roomates. Well, they are all about co-responsibility.
15 April 2009
The BK Texican Whopper Ad, From A Texican’s Perspective
By Cindy Casares at 11:47 AM.
Burger King is revising an ad campaign running in Europe for their new Texican Whopper which combines the stereotypes of Texas (cowboy, beefy, big) with the stereotypes of Mexico (kitschy, spicy, small.) Mexico’s ambassador to Spain wrote a letter to BK’s offices asking that it be removed because it “improperly uses the stereotyped image [...]
