# Does anybody here think the Paris Hilton burger commercial is "soft core porn"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369 "2005-05-25T01:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/1 "2005-05-25T01:14:19Z")
[http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/24/news/newsmakers/carls\_ad/](http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/24/news/newsmakers/carls_ad/) > [@](#): > > “This commercial is basically soft-core porn,” said Melissa Caldwell, research director for the PTC. “The way she moves, the way she puts her finger in her mouth – it’s very suggestive and very titillating.” The commercial can be seen at [http://www.spicyparis.com/paris.html](http://www.spicyparis.com/paris.html) Maybe I’m jaded by years of internet porn, and anything less hard than a hermaphrodite sheep inserting anal beads into a wookiee dressed like a smurf doesn’t even register anymore, but shouldn’t at least a nipple be exposed before something is labeled porn? Am I alone in this? And what are the chances Carl’s Jr is paying this woman for all this delicious free publicity? I never would seen the commerical if she hadn’t made a fuss. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/2 "2005-05-25T01:18:22Z")
It plays here regularly. I saw it the first time with the sound off, and wondered what she was selling. Then I saw the burger. Cute ad. Not porn-y at all. Now, if she started licking the BBQ sauce off the hood of the car… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/3 "2005-05-25T01:29:58Z")
Yeah, I’d say it fits the _classical_ definition of pornography, to a tee. I don’t think it’s anything to get worked up about, though. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/4 "2005-05-25T02:08:16Z")
I’ve never masturbated to a commercial before. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/5 "2005-05-25T02:11:34Z")
You intrigue me strangely. What is the _classical_ definition of pornography that this fits, to a tee or any other letter? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/6 "2005-05-25T02:17:06Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > …anything less hard than a hermaphrodite sheep inserting anal beads into a wookiee dressed like a smurf… ::fappity fappity fappity:: nnnnNNNNGH! ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/7 "2005-05-25T02:18:15Z")
It’s clearly meant to titillate. But it’s nothing the flake girl wasn’t doing 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/8 "2005-05-25T02:34:51Z")
It’s like they were making a commercial about Paris Hilton, then at the end were like, “Oh yeah, we’re supposed to be advertising the burger- better throw in a few seconds of that!” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/9 "2005-05-25T02:56:58Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > You intrigue me strangely. What is the _classical_ definition of pornography that this fits, to a tee or any other letter? _porneia_ = of or having to do with whores _graphos_ = writing, drawing or recording 😃 My take? NOT softcore porn itself by the modern definition in any way, perhaps except for the burger. It _does_ however play on a lot of the clichés of sexploitation media, such as the car washing, the suds, the hosing down, etc. And Ms. Hilton could get some pointers from Tawny Kitaen as to how you wiggle on the bonnet of a luxury car. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/10 "2005-05-25T03:02:33Z")
Paris Hilton _is_ soft-core porn. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/11 "2005-05-25T03:10:10Z")
Isn’t porn supposed to be hot? ---
**Author:** ![hawkeyejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hawkeyejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawkeyejo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/12 "2005-05-25T03:14:27Z")
It seems pretty out there for a commercial. Having said that, saying it’s soft core porn is just showing one’s ignorance of what porn is like these days. And Carl’s Jr could hire _ten_ Paris Hiltons _shudder_ and it still wouldn’t elevate any of their ‘culinary’ offerings to a level greater than trash. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/13 "2005-05-25T03:22:10Z")
Sexy ad but not pornographic IMO. Of course, porn is in the eye of the beholder. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/14 "2005-05-25T04:56:10Z")
Now if only Paris Hilton had the tiniest shred of sexuality… ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/15 "2005-05-25T06:39:01Z")
It’s not the person, it’s the situation. Spraying sudsy water and writhing all around in that outfit, I think even Brian Dennehy would look good. Argh! My imagination has destroyed me once again! Where’s the bleach? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/16 "2005-05-25T06:52:29Z")
You know the prudes have taken over when something as predictably dull as that commercial gets considered “pornographic.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/17 "2005-05-25T07:46:46Z")
> [@Domokun](#): > > It’s clearly meant to titillate. But it’s nothing the flake girl wasn’t doing 20 years ago. What flake girl? As for the commercial, Mr. Rilch saw it last night during A.I., and when the “that’s hot” text appeared on the screen, remarked, “Only thing is, she is so **not** hot.” ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/18 "2005-05-25T08:06:45Z")
I don’t think the ad agency wanted me to laugh when she took a bite of the burger. Or to yawn during the rest of it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/19 "2005-05-25T09:28:52Z")
She will have sex with me if I eat the sandwich? igh. They’ve been doing this for years. What’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369/20 "2005-05-25T12:32:53Z")
Paris Hilton wrapping her lips around some beef? Didn’t the commercial have a green night-vision tint when it first aired? If they had a woman with sex appeal it might have been (very soft-core) porn but I’m not a mannequinsexual. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-here-think-the-paris-hilton-burger-commercial-is-soft-core-porn/305369.md?page=2)