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Burger King is touting its new menu with celebrity ads featuring late night host Jay Leno, actor and director Salma Hayek, soccer icon David Beckham, and Mary J. Blige, the Grammy(r) winning Queen of Hip Hop Soul. The campaign centers around several new items including: a strawberry-banana smoothie, a garden fresh chicken salad, fried chicken strips, and a 3-cheese (again fried) chicken wrap with lettuce. I'm posting all three spots here so you can watch them and then, I will break down 5 ways Mary got played, and how Burger King missed the mark. Here's Mary's (it was blocked on YouTube): http://www.directlyrics.com/mary-j-blige-sings-heart-out-for-buger-king-news.html Leno...

03 April, 2012 /

An offensive, incendiary ad went up in Manhattan this week targeting the wombs of Black women. I was not alone in my anger at the ad; media personality and recording artist Free shared my upset. She invited me to provide some analysis on the ad to take the discussion on twitter beyond the emotional reactions the ad sparked. Below is what she posted at Freesworld.com. I'd love to get your thoughts here as well. Here's the ad: [caption id="attachment_903" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="No, your eyes do not deceive you."][/caption] **** Free, I have been in advertising and marketing communications for over 12 years. As a writer...

24 February, 2011 /