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September 26, 2005

THIS IS NOT FEMALE RONALD MCDONALD

Beacon, created this female Ronald McDonaldJapanese communications company, Beacon, created this female Ronald McDonald for a deeply influential McDonald's commercial that was aired in Japan. Kazoo, the strangely nicknamed supergenius behind the promotion, denies that he has created a female Ronald McDonald and instead says that this is a riff on Ronald derived from cosplay fandom, where folks dress up like their favorite fictional characters.

The ad was so popular that J-pop star, Namie Amuro, asked Beacon to revamp her image after seeing the ad. This won't happen anywhere outside of Japan, however, because no one outside Japan is being allowed to air the commercial.

Kudos to McDonalds for utilizing clown porn to sell their burgers. Now I have another disturbing image in my head.

September 26, 2005 at 06:02 PM in News | Permalink

Comments

Yeah, Ronald Mcdonald is such a ubiquitous image these days. It's as with the Christian religion: the crucifix equates to the McDonalds golden-arches, and Jesus equates to Ronald McDonald.

I guess these days, people no longer believe in a god. Why worship a false deity? No, these days they worship the giant moneymogul billionaire fast-food corporations, and they adore and venerate Ronald McDonald as the messiah. I infer that there is a similarity between the female Ronald-McDonald and erotica sites that show scantily clad young ladies being mock-crucified.

The world is a strange, fatty, obese place.

Posted by: Ronald McDonald with a message of fast-food | Mar 28, 2007 6:28:37 AM

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