Thursday, May 16, 2013

Q4: My Least Favorite Pop Icon


The pop icon that I dislike the most is the Pepsi one.  I mean come on; would you just decide what you’re going to look like?  First you’re just ‘PEPSI’ written in cursive, then you’re a red and blue ball with a squiggly through it, and now… what are you now?

That is the thing that makes me dislike Pepsi: what is the logo supposed to mean and why do they keep changing it?  I think I know why, ladies and gentlemen, and I will now present a theory.  Ahem.
First, I would like you to picture the old Pepsi icon (the half blue, half red ball with a white squiggly).  Now picture the new Pepsi icon (the mostly red ball with a smaller blue section and a curved white line separating them).  

Now, picture this: The circle shape that the Pepsi icon is composed of is a depiction of the plant Earth in fifty years in the future.  The red section represents the Communist Army, rising again and attempting to take over the world.  Hear me out.  And the BLUE section represents the Global Alliance, an international military that was formed after the Communists conquered Australia.  Each of the sections on the circle represent the land that each force (the Global Alliance and the Communists) has conquered. The white line separating them represents a toxic, barbed wire ridden No Man’s Land.

Now observe the evolution of the icon over the years.  It started off as a draw between the two forces.  Each of them had conquered half of the planet.  But now the Red section takes up most of the circle.  The Communists are winning.

What’s with that, Pepsi?

In conclusion, the Pepsi icon is just all around a bad pop icon.  It is always changing, and promotes Communism imperialism on the entire world.

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