Burger King's New "Burger Virgins" Commercial

Well folks, Burger King has done it again. The fast-food chain that brought you the creepy commercials with the mischievous man dressed as "The King", the family of people dressed up like flame broiled burgers and the "whopper freak-out", where unsuspecting customers were told that the whopper was taken off the menu, brings us another commercial that will certainly and has already begun to catch some heat from critics.

This time around they have a commercial featuring a camera crew traveling to foreign countries and feeding people who have never even heard of Burger King or even a burger before a whopper, not only do they have these people try the Burger King whopper but they also have them taste test a McDonalds Big Mac and see which they like better. They are calling it the "burger virgins" taste test.

Obviously this is commercial is another way to increase their sales while hopefully decreasing their greatest competitions'. But for some, this time they have gone too far. Many critics feel very strongly about BK's new commercial and are scrutinizing it for its depiction of this huge corporation traveling to remote villages in countries like Thailand where the poverty rate is extremely high and performing a taste test.

While I draw my own conclusions and opinions about things like this I will try to stay un-bias and let you discover and draw your own conclusions about it once you see it.

To see clips and news stories about the new Burger King Commercial check out these links:

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/12/01/2008-12-01_using_poor_villagers_in_burger_king_tv_s.html

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6423256&page=1

http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2008/12/burger-kings-whopper-virgins-documentary-campaign-criticism.html