My initial reaction when I saw it was yuk. Then I post rationalised the strategy and thought maybe it’s getting cut through. But then I landed firmly in the “it’s bad” camp.

So I was interested to read about System1’s analysis of it. I’ll add the link at the bottom of this post.

1 star from testing

In short, they tested the ad using their Test Your Ad system. Unsurprisingly, the ad scored rock bottom with 1 star only. 

‘Disgust’ was the dominant reaction.

If you’d like to read more about the reactions, then click here

Thank the Lord I say. It’s time for marketers to get away from short term shockism, and focus on long-term seduction. 

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Hot off the press

Anf if you’d like to read Burger King Global CMO Fernando Machado’s response to all the criticism, explaining his and his team’s rationale, then read on here