By shelz.
As the only black person who wasn’t offended by Mary J’s Burger King chicken wrap commercial, I figured I should say a little something about her apology. While visiting with Angie Martinez, Mary broke down her Burger King thought process and spewed some half-ass regret so it wouldn’t seem like she totally didn’t care about her aggravated fan base. Hey, someone has to buy her records.
I didn’t completely understand all the anger surrounding the ill-fated advertisement. Well, I did. But I chalked it up to emotional reflex more so than legitimate logic. I still haven’t had anyone really explain to me what was so coon-ish about the commercial. Probably because it can’t be done. Probably because it wasn’t. But that’s not important now. What is important is you believe Mary feels contrite so you can eat one of those wraps without feeling all guilty and race traitor-ish. I guess they taste better when Steven Tyler sells them. I hope Mary had a black community uproar clause in that contract. But I’m getting off base.
Obviously, I can’t compose a serious piece about all of this so I’ll let Mary explain why she feels sorry that you didn’t like it even though she doesn’t feel terribly bad about it but still has a mortgage to pay with your money. Press play. Word to Diddy.
Just in case you missed the commercial, here it is. What she really needs to be apologizing for is that hair.
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