Given the continuing human rights crisis in Tibet, many were not amused.
But they still whip up an amazing fish curry."Īnd then Hutton touted the 50-percent discount he and other Groupon users supposedly received at a Chicago Himalayan restaurant. "The people of Tibet are in trouble," actor Timothy Hutton said in the ad (see above), which begins in the fashion of a public service announcement.
The Chicago-based Internet business that offers a variety of discount deals cheapened itself with a Super Bowl ad Sunday on Fox that trivialized the oppression of the people of Tibet and unleashed a riptide of criticism online.Īmong a slew of high-priced commercials that generally traded in slapstick, stereotypes and outsized stupidity, the fact that it stood out says something. Sensitivity, empathy and taste? They're at least half-off at Groupon.
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