[arista]

[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']



[ 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/art...-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]

Originally Posted by Swan

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]

Originally Posted by Alf

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

No back in 1998
it was a better time

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

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]

Originally Posted by Liam-

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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

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

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

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

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]

Originally Posted by arista

No Alf
they do not have time

Of course they do.

[arista]

[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]

Originally Posted by arista

[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]

Originally Posted by arista

[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?

[bitontheslide]

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

[Alf]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

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

The cancel culture crew care, that's who.

[James]

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

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

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

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

[Alf]

Originally Posted by James

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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

[arista]

Originally Posted by James

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