Sorry, Burger King, Andy Warhol actually preferred McDonald's
Last night, in what reads as decades-late payback for Andy Warhol famously reclaiming brand imagery in his art, Burger King used a video of the deceased artist for their own Super Bowl advertising. Through footage taken from Jørgen Leth’s 1982 documentary 66 Scenes From America, viewers were shown Warhol munching on a hamburger before being prompted to #EATLIKEANDY (the strange compound term “eatlike,” we must assume, is Danish.)
Though there’s much to be said about the cultural ramifications of Warhol’s image being repurposed as an expensive-to-air fast food ad, the first point to get to is a simple one: Andy Warhol would’ve rather eaten McDonald’s.
Comedy writer and fast food expert Bill Oakley, who you may remember from his similarly enlightening critique of the gilded White House UberEats order, took to Twitter with an explanation.