According to Trendhunter magazine, on the heels of Germany's Obama fried chicken fingers, Russia has its own unseemly ad for Duet Ice Cream: "This ice cream ad reads, ‘The Flavor of the Week! Black in White! Chocolate in Vanilla' and features a chocolate and almond coated vanilla ice cream bar with a cartoon Obama standing in front of the White House with four vibrant rainbows and sun beams bursting cheerfully in the background." I'm reminded of a popular Viennese confection called the Mohr im Hemd-a sort of chocolate-hazelnut pudding surrounded by a vanilla sauce. (It translates to "Moor in Shirt," or a nightshirt, which is presumably white.) I've never had Russian ice cream, Obama-flavored or otherwise, but for my money, I'll stick with Eva Longoria and her love for Magnums.
Victorino Matus
Obama Ice Cream
According to Trendhunter magazine, on the heels of Germany's Obama fried chicken fingers, Russia has its own unseemly ad for Duet Ice Cream: "This ice cream ad reads, ‘The Flavor of the Week! Black in White! Chocolate in Vanilla' and features a chocolate and almond coated vanilla ice cream bar…
Victorino Matus · March 18, 2009
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