Wendy's has probably been my favorite fast-food place over the years. Sometimes due to simple proximity to where I lived in college or other mundane reasons. However the recent series of commercials with Morgan Smith as the spokesperson for the chain has made me think about the history of the chain and the Wendy image again.
The Wendy that we are taking about is a real person, Dave's daughter. She had done some commercials recently and had reluctantly appeared in some much earlier spots years ago. Just like KFC, who uses Mr. Sanders, the fact that these are/were real people I feel should be respected a bit.
When I see Ms. Smith obviously channeling the company logo in her "too red to be real" hair a bit of me wants to proclaim that YOU ARE DEPICTING A REAL PERSON. Just like when KFC ran a cartoon animation of the Colonel.
Where's the beef? I'll tell you where my beef is! My beef is with the commercialization of real people.