Emphasis Preaching Journal
In 2001, the Coca-Cola...
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In 2001, the Coca-Cola company, known for warm-feeling commercials such as "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," and its Mean Joe Green ad where a young boy gives the champ a Coke and receives the athlete's jersey in return, badly misjudged the public with some new edgy TV spots.
One of the new commercials featured a family reunion where cranky wheelchair-bound grandmother gets really nasty upon learning there's no Coke available. Another shows two high-school-aged girls at their graduation nearly getting into a catfight over the absence of the beverage.
One of the new commercials featured a family reunion where cranky wheelchair-bound grandmother gets really nasty upon learning there's no Coke available. Another shows two high-school-aged girls at their graduation nearly getting into a catfight over the absence of the beverage.
