McDonald’s: Romeo and Juliet
- Synopsis
- Television advertisement for a McDonald’s chicken flatbread sandwich. Romeo is about to leave the balcony when Juliet, holding a telescope, notices that he has a sandwich in his bag. She leaves the balcony as Romeo describes the bag’s contents. She wakes from a dream and snatches the sandwich from Romeo’s mouth as he is about to eat it. The commercial is spoken in rap. For a transcript see Burt (op cit).
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2002
- Duration
- 0:30
- Availability
- No distributor or online source found (6/2007).
Additional Details
- Production type
- Advertising/Trailers/Promos
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rap music
Notes
- Notes
- Source: Burt, Richard ‘U.S. Television’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006 (entry 2966, p.640-1).
Sponsor
- Name
McDonald’s
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "McDonald’s: Romeo and Juliet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68504 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)