The latest dumb outrage, this time from the left and the right, over the Sun-Maid girl's Makeover

[davidpdx]

'Sun-Maid girl' makeover sparks controversy
by Brett Michael Dykes
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

In the annals of advertising imagery, few brand symbols are more iconic and recognizable than the Sun-Maid raisin girl.

Nevertheless, Sun-Maid recently decided to join Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth's in giving the female face of their product a substantial makeover from a young, early 20th-century girl into a buxom, modern young woman, leading some to say that the newly made-over raisin girl looks like a Barbie Doll in Amish attire

Since 1915, the face of Sun-Maid has been Lorraine Collett Petersen, who, according to the company's website , "was discovered drying her black hair curls in the sunny backyard of her parents' home in Fresno, California." Petersen was then asked to pose for a watercolor painting holding a basket of grapes while wearing a sunbonnet. In the years since, the company has tweaked its trademark design occasionally to keep up with the times, but every variation has always been based on the original pose by Petersen. The new computer-animated version of the Sun-Maid girl currently featured in television advertisements is a departure from the classic design that harkened back to a time when "life was much simpler, more rural, a lot less hectic."

Naturally, the revamped look hasn't gone unnoticed, rankling both ends of the political spectrum. The blog for conservative magazine The Weekly Standard noted that the new Sun-Maid girl looks "as if Julia Roberts decided to don a red bonnet and start picking grapes," while the feminist website Jezebel.com remarked that it looks as if she's had “some implants.”

Here is the picture:



The read the rest here:

http://search.finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108296/sun-maid-girl-makeover-sparks-controversy.html?mod=family-love_money

[leftstreet]

1. Looks like a video game character

Like she's about to throw those grapes at someone

[TCJ70]

3. You take 23 damage...

...from the +5 grapes.

[hughee99]

5. Grand theft auto - Fresno

She's going to choke her pimp with her bonnet.

[SoCalDem]

2. Betty Crocker got a make-over..as did Aunt Jemima.. what's next? a Hunky, ripped Quaker?

or a Denzel-ish Uncle ben?

:rofl:

[hughee99]

7. I hear Mr. Clean is getting some neck tattoos. n/t

[davidpdx]

8. Nah, give him some nipple rings

and a butt tuck.

[nemo137]

38. I figured he already had those.

[Berry Cool]

20. Just remember, even the Brawny Paper Towel Guy

had to dump his porn 'stache.

[mwb970]

47. How is Mrs. Butterworth doing these days?

Last time I saw her, she was a bottle.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Yikes! Another "tempest in a teapot!"

To be perfectly honest, I didn't realize the difference until I looked at both pix twice... :shrug:

[Warren DeMontague]

41. Or tempest in a t-shirt, as the case may be. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

44. This is pretty tame, compared to some others....

:wow:

[hlthe2b]

6. Old image is timeless... new one is kitschy....

Very stupid to change from an incredible icon to a cheap commercial graphic update

[SoCalDem]

9. But it "adds value" to the collectibility of the old stuff on ebay

:)

[imdjh]

14. Doesn't matter- House brand is cheaper. Raisins are raisins.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. The Sun-Maid girl.....

....has definitely been updated since the old picture that appears in the original article.

[imdjh]

11. She's not ethnically ambiguous.

[Hekate]

12. Ick. Fresno Barbie. I like the old one better. nt

[BattyDem]

13. I couldn't tell you what she looked like before.

I buy Sun-Maid ... but honestly, I had no freakin' clue what the original girl looked like before I clicked the link to the article. A red bonnet and a sunburst on the box - that's all I could remember. :rofl:

Damn ... I truly wish the only thing I had to worry about was whether or not the Sun-Maid raisin girl had boobs!

[notesdev]

15. Welcome to World of

Raisincraft

[Brickbat]

16. Oh, the Sun Maid. She never gets laid.

God, I hate computer-drawn graphics. That looks like absolute shit. Why do people wreck things that are good just for the sake of change?

[Hannah Bell]

17. that's ugly. these people dress up like brand icons for halloween:

http://purestylehome.blogspot.com/2009/10/ghosts-of-halloween-past.html

[nemo137]

39. Some of those are pretty neat.

I might decide to get a vest and a mug out of my closet next year and go as the Sam Adam's mascot instead of throwing on a flannel and some suspenders next year.

[omega minimo]

18. Zieg heil the Stepford Raisins

[Submariner]

19. Yup......The new raisin girl definitely has implants

:hide:

[Quantess]

22. I disagree. The old sun maid girl was well endowed,

but she wore a baggy blouse. The new one is wearing a tight t-shirt.

[omega minimo]

25. The original was of the earth. This one is of the plastic.

[Quantess]

32. Looking again, I take it back. The old sun maid girl actually has bigger chest measurements

but her blouse is less revealing.

But yes, I see your point. The new one looks like CGI, like a video game.

[omega minimo]

24. She is an implant.

[The Straight Story]

21. I'd hit it, and then eat her raisins

:rofl:

[omega minimo]

26. you know raisins are just humiliated grapes, right?

[The Straight Story]

28. well, I am into the whole humiliation thing anyway

:evilgrin: :hide:

[omega minimo]

31. that's why you OP all that tripe, I know.

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

35. Which would make them Grapes of Wrath.

[omega minimo]

36. LOL

[Hannah Bell]

23. i like this better than that video game thing.

[The Straight Story]

27. reminds me of anime (nt)

[fishwax]

29. outrage? where is this outrage you speak of?

The post that is apparently supposed to indicate outrage from the left is all of about 30 words long, none of which seem particularly outraged (though I'm sure sunmaid's PR department might like to see such a controversy ...)

[The Straight Story]

30. I am outraged at your lack of outrage

There, now another lefty is outraged :)

[eppur_se_muova]

33. No one ever got paid a bonus for leaving well enough alone. nt

[Matariki]

34. Looks like poorly rendeded 3D animation. Fail.

[comrade snarky]

40. That's my problem with it, the work is crap

Did they send it back to 1998 to render? Looks like a world of inedible plastic.

[BlueJazz]

37. I don't like this "Raisingate" thing..No sirreee...not one bit.

[aikoaiko]

42. The Sun Maid is always hot regardless of the version.

hubba hubba.

Almost as hot as the Land o Lakes hottie. Oh those knees.

[-..__...]

49. Ahhh, yes...

those knees... :smoke:



http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Odd%20Pics3/LandOLakes.html

[Warren DeMontague]

43. Okay, okay... but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD...

WHEN IS SOMEONE GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THIS MAN IS NOT MEXICAN?!?!?!?

[charlie]

45. Meanwhile, the Morton Salt girl shows more and more leg

and gets skinnier and skinnier. It's happening under our noses and the UN does nothing about it.

[Matariki]

48. Her umbrella is getting smaller too. And you KNOW what that means.

[Raine]

46. I don't like this version as well

as the older ones.