fredag, juni 09, 2006


Tandkrämskuriosa: MC Hammer-tandkräm, tandkräm med smak av sibirsk tall, historiska tandkrämer, och så vidare, och så Darkie/Darlie:
Hong Kong's Hazel & Hawley Chemical Co. would probably still be hawking Darkie toothpaste had the company not been acquired by Colgate. The Darkie brand's Al Jolson-inspired logo, a grinning caricature in blackface and a top hat, was as offensive as its name. Colgate bought the company in 1985, and then ditched the logo and changed the product's name to Darlie after US civil rights groups protested. However, the Cantonese name - Haak Yahn Nga Gou (Black Man Toothpaste) - remains.