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March 10, 2005

KFC's opera

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Posted by Johnnie Moore

We're now getting KFC's operatic ads in the UK. I thoroughly enjoyed what Mosher's Unimaginatively Titled Blog had to say. Here's some of it:

Let me first say that I am a great fan of KFC and have been known in recent history to quite literally "live off" the stuff for stupidly long periods of time. Recently, however, I have been forced to make the harsh decision to boycott the restaurants. I have even gone as far as to blog my decision, much to the disbelief of most of my friends who know that I'll likely starve as a result.

I am one to stick to my principles, and I am also not one normally swayed by advertising. However, the recent "operatic" campaign is just so painfully awful that I have chosen never to set foot in a KFC again until they are removed from the television. The whale-mouthed screacher who takes a full 30 seconds of "woooaooaooaoohhh" to tell her colleague that he can't have her mini-fillet burger is a bigger deterrant for KFC than Supersize Me was for McDonald's...

Incidentally, I also think that another of the ads was rather ill-advised. Who on earth thought that having a bunch of "African Americans" singing about fried chicken was going to help shift burgers? What next? Watermelon desserts and a kids meal with a toy butler that says "Yus, Massah?".

When your fans are saying this...

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1. Simon Andrews on March 10, 2005 02:00 PM writes...

I'm a bit bemused by this campaign - I thought the original soul food campaign by BBH was great; partly because I loved the music but also because it had some real authenticity - fried chicken is the original soul food - and did a good job of positioning the brand as a little different to McD etc.
The new campaign is poor. Hard to see why they've changed. I suspect the franchisees may have had some influence - they wield a lot of power in the fast food business.

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