Kia-Ora - Its Too Orangey for Crows

Classic 80's ad for Kia-Ora orange cordial.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• kia-ora
• kia
• ora
• advert
• 80s
• eighties
• commercial

[romuluscrohns]

Spaced suddenly makes so much more sense!

[BroWhatever]

I just can't stop hearing Tim's voice.

[mattistoawesome]

i will be his dog

[babyishlemon]

@romuluscrohns

just depends on how old you are.

[ThisIsJohnnyYEAH]

@Bilsabob ha ..... that made me chuckle 

[kdreamland]

@Bilsabob hey it's always good to have a proper debate now and then. peace to you too my friend

[Bilsabob]

@kdreamland does KIA-ORA even exist anymore? Fuck it man, its easy not to get bullied if your Irish just tell your bully that your da will blow his da up (See stereotypes). Its hard to draw a line between real racism and stereotyping i know. I have to agree there is one proper dodgy bit in this add when the tall basketball playing one just fucking up and arrives out of nowhere...slight overkill. peace buddy.

[kdreamland]

@Bilsabob Nice bilsabob. If only everyone was like you, there'd be no racism. Do you know what happened to this advert? It DIDN'T get banned. KIA-ORA pulled the advert themselves, they weren't told to take it down. They recognised that it is a little outdated in this environment.

BTW I used to know an irish kid in my school who got bullied, called a leprechaun and beat up and stuff. The fact is he was being bullied, and people were using stereotypes to isolate him. That's the danger dude.

[Bilsabob]

@kdreamland dude i watched that shit when i was a kid and i don't run around asking chinese people if their dad was a chipmunk. I'm from one of the most stereotyped nations in the world. Ireland. I don't carry a pot of fucking gold, i made it through the potato famine ok and i wasn't in the IRA but if someone said that shite to me i'd just think they had a kind of malnourished intelligence, i wouldn't weep and try and drown them is a sea of guilt with the contents of my bleeding heart.

[kdreamland]

@Bilsabob LOL yeah ok. I guess the stereotyping of chinese people in the old bugs bunny cartoons is ok to you as well. Big chipmunk teeth with cymbal hats and 'slanty' eyes. But no kid would ever see that and think Chinese person, would they? They'd just see it as a colourful cartoon character, rich with hidden depths. /sarcasm

stop defending things you know are wrong, just because you dont find them offensive.

[Bilsabob]

@kdreamland fuck off man you know how to stop making things like this offensive? Stop finding them offensive. Kids might be fucking dense but they're not stupid enough to find a single stereotype in this. Who's the racist that came up with the stereotype that black kids get followed around by talking fucking crows?

[kdreamland]

@RustiSwordz this is the danger see. If you show this advert to a little kid, all they will see is the colourful music and characters, and funky music. They won't understand the stereotypes or overtones or anything.

Now....you can argue whether thats a good thing or a bad thing, but fact is WE know what racial overtones the advert has, WE know that yes it can be considered offensive, because we're adults.

BTW I love the music and the way the characters dance to the music.