FIGMO%USC-ECLC@sri-unix.UUCP (06/24/83)
From: Lynn Gold <FIGMO@USC-ECLC>
Has anyone seen the RotJ cookies put out by Pepperidge Farm?
I've seen them in the Alpha-Beta stores out here.
There's one thing about them that struck me as interesting: the "good
guys" ("The Rebel Alliance") were vanilla and peanut-butter cookies,
while the "bad guys" ("The Empire") were chocolate cookies.
Is it me, or is this a subtle form of racism?
Amused,
Lynn
-------grw@fortune.UUCP (06/26/83)
I, for one, vastly prefer chocolate to vanilla or peanut butter.
At the risk of giving a serious answer to an obviously :-) comment,
I think that there may be a marketing strategy behind making the
least popular characters (bad guys) in the most popular flavor
(chocolate), thus evening out the sales of the three flavors. However,
I'm not sure that the bad guys are really the least popular, so maybe
not.
Not afraid to come up with silly explanations,
-Glennbrads@tekid.UUCP (06/28/83)
No. No. No. Cholocate is the Dark side. Does seem a bit suspect, though, if you ask me. Losing my appetite, Brad