Cancel Culture :Lilt (1975) name change :now Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/12/67666687-11748811-The_slogan_for_Lilt_for_the_adverts_was_Totally_Tr opical_Taste_F-m-27_1676379293527.jpg


[Lilt has been cancelled,
as Coca-Cola rebrands the
'totally tropical taste' drink to
'Fanta' after adverts were accused
of 'cultural appropriation'

The tangy soft drink is being pulled
from supermarkets in the UK after 48 years
Fans of Lilt say the drink has been
cancelled due to controversial past adverts
But others have shown support
for the move, branding the adverts 'racist']


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/13/17/67639881-11745899-In_1998_two_British_Jamaican_women_Blanche_William s_and_Hazel_Pa-m-13_1676308694955.jpg
[ 1998, two British Jamaican women
- Blanche Williams and Hazel Palmer - became known
as the Lilt ladies and starred in its adverts]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11748811/Has-Lilt-cancelled-Coca-cola-rebrands-totally-tropical-tasted-drink-Fanta-amid-concerns.html



Life In The City

[Alf]

Quite right. Cancel that culture. We don't want that culture in our country. We may say we want diversity, but we don't really mean it in reality.

[Swan]

They better not cancel Reggae Reggae Sauce, im addicted to that stuff.

[Alf]

Did it turn-out that Blanche and Hazel were a couple of racists then?

[Alf]

They better not cancel Reggae Reggae Sauce, im addicted to that stuff.Eventually they will have too. Cancel culture comes for everything. They're a ruthless bunch and they have some public support.

[Liam-]

Yay, another manufactured ‘culture war’ story for people to pretend to be angry about

[arista]

Did it turn-out that Blanche and Hazel were a couple of racists then?



No back in 1998
it was a better time

[arista]

Yay, another manufactured ‘culture war’ story for people to pretend to be angry about


Some are Angry
but not alot of them

[Alf]

"But others have shown support
for the move, branding the adverts 'racist"

Who are these people that have so much power that they can change history?

[Swan]

Yay, another manufactured ‘culture war’ story for people to pretend to be angry about

The only people angry are the ones so unbelievably sensitive that Lilt now somehow offends them.

Regular, normal people just think it's pathetic. My first reaction was laughter.

[MTVN]

I doubt this is related to cancel culture - those adverts were over 20 years ago and no one probably even remembered them till today. I heard this story a few times today talking about the drinks waning popularity and this thread is the first time I've heard the name change being related to cancel culture

It's more likely that the drinks sales have declined over the years and they'd rather bring it under the Fanta name then keep it as a separate brand

[arista]

I doubt this is related to cancel culture - those adverts were over 20 years ago and no one probably even remembered them till today

It's more likely that the drinks sales have declined over the years and they'd rather bring it under the Fanta name then keep it as a separate brand


Its to do with the Advert
The Fella that offers the White Family on the beach
the Lilt drink


That was Debated on Ch5HD AM Live
today

[Alf]

I doubt this is related to cancel culture - those adverts were over 20 years ago and no one probably even remembered them till today

It's more likely that the drinks sales have declined over the years and they'd rather bring it under the Fanta name then keep it as a separate brandNo, an accusation of racism has been put forward here.

I think the Police should investigate this and hold people accountable.

[arista]

No, an accusation of racism has been put forward here.

I think the Police should investigate this and hold people accountable.


No Alf
they do not have time

[Alf]

No Alf
they do not have timeOf course they do.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/12/67666691-11748811-image-a-19_1676378147997.jpg
[In one advert, set in the Caribbean
and released in 1981,
a group of white tourists are seen
enjoying the drink on a boardwalk
at the beach]

[Swan]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/12/67666691-11748811-image-a-19_1676378147997.jpg
[In one advert, set in the Caribbean
and released in 1981,
a group of white tourists are seen
enjoying the drink on a boardwalk
at the beach]

Ugh, scum...

[Alf]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/12/67666691-11748811-image-a-19_1676378147997.jpg
[In one advert, set in the Caribbean
and released in 1981,
a group of white tourists are seen
enjoying the drink on a boardwalk
at the beach]Disgusting.

How dare they?

[bots]

they are still making the drink with the same recipe, who cares what it's called :laugh:

[Alf]

they are still making the drink with the same recipe, who cares what it's called :laugh:The cancel culture crew care, that's who.

[James]

I used to like this drink, haven't had it in a while though.

they are still making the drink with the same recipe, who cares what it's called :laugh:

I'd imagine they've changed the recipe due to the sugar tax.

[Alf]

I used to like this drink, haven't had it in a while though.



I'd imagine they've changed the recipe due to the sugar tax.Sounds like you only drank it when it was advertised by using racism.

[Cherie]

It’s a drink I loved when I was young but haven’t had it for years, it would probably be too sweet for me now

[arista]

It’s a drink I loved when I was young but haven’t had it for years, it would probably be too sweet for me now


If it has Larger Grapefruit amount
it will not be so sweet

[arista]

I used to like this drink, haven't had it in a while though.



I'd imagine they've changed the recipe due to the sugar tax.


Yes the horrid dodgy fake sugar
in its place

[Redway]

I used to like this drink, haven't had it in a while though.



I'd imagine they've changed the recipe due to the sugar tax.

Since when have admin. ever been allowed to have real human opinions (almost to the point of underdog-libel) on anything?

[arista]

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https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/12/67666689-11748811-image-a-22_1676378185793.jpg

[arista]

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[Liam-]

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Fragile freaks

[Swan]

Fragile freaks

It's more the fragile people who get offended by Lilt, of all things, so easily :laugh:

[Alf]

What happens if a group of people decide that Fanta offends them?

[Swan]

What happens if a group of people decide that Fanta offends them?

Wasn't Fanta Orange originally created for Nazi Germany because they couldn't sell Coke there at the time or something?

[arista]

Fragile freaks


possibly

[arista]

Wasn't Fanta Orange originally created for Nazi Germany because they couldn't sell Coke there at the time or something?


Yes

[Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola alternative
in 1940 due to the American trade embargo
of Nazi Germany, which affected the availability
of Coca-Cola ingredients.
Fanta soon dominated the
German market with three million cans sold
in 1943. The current formulation of Fanta
was developed in Italy in 1955.]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

[arista]

Black Fella
delivers to the White Family


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[Alf]

Here's Fanta using the stereotype that White people are
all acid heads.

Not one person of colour in this blatantly racist advert from years ago.

Let's get Fanta


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[arista]

[ #Lilt has been cancelled,
because apparently this advert is very racist,
features stereotypes, and is cultural appropriation.

Let me guess, one middle aged, white liberal complained
to @CocaCola
, they panicked, and now Lilt is dead.]


https://twitter.com/TVisCOOLUK/status/1625499245007765507

[arista]

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[Liam-]

Who has said that they’re offended by lilt? Or are whingey right wingers now going back to find things to concoct false arguments with? That’s their usual tactic when they want to whip up more baseless anger

[arista]

Who has said that they’re offended by lilt? Or are whingey right wingers now going back to find things to concoct false arguments with? That’s their usual tactic when they want to whip up more baseless anger


Sounds ideal for a Star front page

[Crimson Dynamo]

more racial hysteria

[Liam-]

Nothing sells paper these days quite like fragile tears

[Redway]

There’s not one black person who doesn’t feel that the switching in brand is ridiculous. I don’t think anyone of any particular racial group actually complained about Lilt.

[Redway]

more racial hysteria

Which makes no sense to me because it seems like the only people taking offence to Lilt as a brand are the ones who like to take offence on behalf of black peoples and pretend that they understand racism better than someone who’s actually experienced it.