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Kendall Jenner and Pepsi

Maudelyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:22:18 GMT

Does anyone know what the flap is about? I've seen the commercial and I guess I agree that Kendall isn't going to solve the world's problems by handing a police officer a Pepsi, but I don't find anything offensive. Can anyone explain?

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hoosieroriginal — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:23:34 GMT

I saw it too and don't understand, but the fact that she's "devasted" about them shutting it down makes me laugh.

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Lapdog — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:32:52 GMT

I do not understand it either. My hope is that the folks that jumped on Pepsi understood it.

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D Kay — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:34:19 GMT

I certainly don't know, but maybe she was "devestated" by the fact that so many people claim to be offended by the commercial.

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NicksmomESQ — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:35:11 GMT

They are apparently equating the commercial to the issue of police brutality in certain neighborhoods.Kendal offering the police officer a Pepsi is somehow seen as supporting their actions. I think everyone is overreacting here!

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scatcat — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:38:51 GMT

I think the flap is because they say in real protests no one is smilimg and passing around pop to lighten the mood.

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Maudelyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:40:09 GMT

I think Kendall was excited to work with Pepsi. I guess I'd be pretty upset if I thought I was doing a good thing and a wave of people came at me offended. She's still very young.

I think the police brutality angle is a real stretch

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sidsmom — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:41:58 GMT

If the actress/model was 'Sally Brown from Omaha',

there wouldn't be hissy fits from absolutely no one.

There have been commercials like this in the past, with no issue.

It's j.u.s.t. the fact it's a family pop icon that people hate.

Can't imagine how people walk around hating someone's last name.

There have been some funny memes on Twitter, though.

This was all very orchestrated.

No surprises.

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Maudelyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:44:27 GMT

@sidsmom Awful. This young lady hasn't done anything to anyone, as far as I know. For the objection to be about her personally is sad and to have Pepsi pull the commercial because of it has to be devasting for KJ.

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makeup addict — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:50:43 GMT

I thought it was a dumb commercial. I don't blame Jenner, but the whole concept of the ad was silly. We had riots last year near where I live; it was horrible and I think that's why some people were mad. As if the ad was down playing what people who went thru riots went thru and what the protestors went thru with the police and vice versa. It's also weird the whole commercial was shot in 'Bangkok although it looked like Some place in CA.

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sidsmom — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:51:19 GMT

@Maudelyn wrote:
@sidsmom Awful. This young lady hasn't done anything to anyone, as far as I know. For the objection to be about her personally is sad and to have Pepsi pull the commercial because of it has to be devasting for KJ.

The fact they specifically used her full name in the apology

had me reading it with 'raised eyebrows'.

I would guess the majority of the people who actually

saw the original commercial has no earthly idea

who Kendall Jenner is...nor could they recognize her.

All this seemed a little too....planned.

We'll never know, tho'

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Noel7 — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:58:12 GMT

@NicksmomESQ wrote:
They are apparently equating the commercial to the issue of police brutality in certain neighborhoods.Kendal offering the police officer a Pepsi is somehow seen as supporting their actions. I think everyone is overreacting here!

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@NicksmomESQ

That seems like a takeoff from an old peace photo where National Guard are holding off students and one student walks up and puts a flower in the gun barrel.

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makeup addict — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:58:50 GMT

I think they wanted to let people know that Kendall had no part in the production. Pepsi's stock soared when the commercial was released, but tanked when the company apologized.

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Marp — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:13:11 GMT

A lot of the uproar is because of the similarity to this photo of Ieshia Evans taken in Baton Rouge during the protests there.

http://time.com/4403635/ieshia-evans-jonathan-bachman-baton-rouge/

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occasionalrain — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:31:48 GMT

It was condescending; it marginalized, minimized those who have every reason to be outraged. It was shameful.

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Noel7 — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:25:36 GMT

@Marp

Ieshia didn't hand anything out did she? She was more Stand Your Ground like the young student in Tiananmen Square.

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SaRina — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:27:38 GMT

@Maudelyn wrote:
Does anyone know what the flap is about? I've seen the commercial and I guess I agree that Kendall isn't going to solve the world's problems by handing a police officer a Pepsi, but I don't find anything offensive. Can anyone explain?

Some perceived the commercial as making light of the "Black Lives Matter" protests around the country by portraying a protest in a lighthearted way.

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Maudelyn — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:34:18 GMT

This didn't seem to cause a stir.

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Marp — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:38:06 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
@Marp

Ieshia didn't hand anything out did she? She was more Stand Your Ground like the young student in Tiananmen Square.

@Noel7, she was holding her cell phone. She was essentially presenting herself for arrest.. There are a number of articles about the photo and what was happening. This article is an overview ( http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woman-stunning-baton-rouge-protest-photo-nurse-mother-article-1.2706944 )

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Marp — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:41:47 GMT

@Maudelyn wrote:
This didn't seem to cause a stir.

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It also is not a replication of an iconic photo.