Adorecream said:

I think it was a sendup of Prince forthese reasons

1. Camp over the top screechy soul screams

2. Weird clothes, that are purple and marone

3. Shortness, a common joke about Prince by the ignorant

4. Even though this guy looked white, some people think Prince is white and as Prince is viewed by the masses as an effeminate fop, finding a Black man to play him would be hard, given the hyper masculinity of most black men.

I agree!

Aerogram said:

It's Justin Guarini badly impersonating Steve Tyler on purpose, but since he's not a good actor, y'all think he's doing Prince.

ya i'm with you on this...

Adorecream said:

I think it was a sendup of Prince forthese reasons

1. Camp over the top screechy soul screams

2. Weird clothes, that are purple and marone

3. Shortness, a common joke about Prince by the ignorant

4. Even though this guy looked white, some people think Prince is white and as Prince is viewed by the masses as an effeminate fop, finding a Black man to play him would be hard, given the hyper masculinity of most black men.

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It can't be tyler, as he is known for his huge thick lips rather than his height which is normal.

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Who is Justin Guarani, is he Paraguayanese as his name is the same as their currency. Never heard of him here in NewZealand, is he like some 13th place getter in a recent talent show or something?

He was first runner up on the first season of American Idol and he's African-American, Irish, English and Italian (thank you google)

I hope Prince sues them- parody or not, they are using his image for commercial purposes.

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j/k lol

Adorecream said:

.... finding a Black man to play him would be hard, given the hyper masculinity of most black men.

FragileUndertow said:

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j/k lol

My jaw dropped so fast lol

dysFUNKshhhnL said:

I hope Prince sues them- parody or not, they are using his image for commercial purposes.

I hope Prince laughs at it and moves on. It's really not that serious.

Blixical said:

Adorecream said:

.... finding a Black man to play him would be hard, given the hyper masculinity of most black men.

Who is that guy, I have seen him before but can not place the name.

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He looks lika gay solely through his pout and bitchy stare.

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Thanks for the info about Guarini, what an exotic mulatto he is. Same condition as Georgio, a black man Italicising his name. If reality strikes his name should be Justin Bell and just George Allen who changed his name to Georgio Allentini to sound more Italian and less Black.

Adorecream said:

Blixical said:

Who is that guy, I have seen him before but can not place the name.

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He looks lika gay solely through his pout and bitchy stare.

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Thanks for the info about Guarini, what an exotic mulatto he is. Same condition as Georgio, a black man Italicising his name. If reality strikes his name should be Justin Bell and just George Allen who changed his name to Georgio Allentini to sound more Italian and less Black.

That's actor Larry B. Scott playing Lamar from the movie Revenge of the Nerds. I know my cheesy 80s movies.

I do not think it is suposed to be prince just some random 80s glam rocker...

dysFUNKshhhnL said:

I hope Prince sues them- parody or not, they are using his image for commercial purposes.

In what universe is that his image?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I do not think it is suposed to be prince just some random 80s glam rocker...

I still think it is supposed to be Prince but they knew better than to make it too obvious, so they randomized it just enough to avoid an assured lawsuit.

Maybe some crazed Prince fams will exact revenge by knocking over a stack of Dr Pepper cans in a supermarket somewhere. Just think of poor Tony M having to set that display back up before you do.

I wonder how long it's gonna take for Prince to threaten to sue for them to take down the ad? I remember that old Prince spegetti commerical Prince had taken down, and they just had a lace glove in it.

Definitely Prince.

I think they stepped back a bit to :

- make it also funny to young audiences unaware of who Prince is, or at least its full persona,

- avoid any legal encounters of the third kind.

Scarfo said:

I wonder how long it's gonna take for Prince to threaten to sue for them to take down the ad? I remember that old Prince spegetti commerical Prince had taken down, and they just had a lace glove in it.

U tasty Motherfucker

Adorecream said:

I think it was a sendup of Prince forthese reasons

1. Camp over the top screechy soul screams

2. Weird clothes, that are purple and marone

3. Shortness, a common joke about Prince by the ignorant

4. Even though this guy looked white, some people think Prince is white and as Prince is viewed by the masses as an effeminate fop, finding a Black man to play him would be hard, given the hyper masculinity of most black men.

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It can't be tyler, as he is known for his huge thick lips rather than his height which is normal.

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Who is Justin Guarani, is he Paraguayanese as his name is the same as their currency. Never heard of him here in NewZealand, is he like some 13th place getter in a recent talent show or something?

You couldnt be more wrong with no. 4 - sounds like you dont live in the US and you are not black.

Just keeping the original thread alive and kicking since other folks seem to be creating separate threads that address the same topic

kenkamken said:

Is that the best Prince impersonator they could find?

Surely not. But they've differentiated just enough so to not get sued

JoshuaWho said:

Adorecream said:

I think it was a sendup of Prince forthese reasons

1. Camp over the top screechy soul screams

2. Weird clothes, that are purple and marone

3. Shortness, a common joke about Prince by the ignorant

4. Even though this guy looked white, some people think Prince is white and as Prince is viewed by the masses as an effeminate fop, finding a Black man to play him would be hard, given the hyper masculinity of most black men.

.

It can't be tyler, as he is known for his huge thick lips rather than his height which is normal.

.

Who is Justin Guarani, is he Paraguayanese as his name is the same as their currency. Never heard of him here in NewZealand, is he like some 13th place getter in a recent talent show or something?

You couldnt be more wrong with no. 4 - sounds like you dont live in the US and you are not black.

Give the man a cigar, did you know that people actually live outside the USA!!!!! Something like 95.6% of the world's population surprisingly!!! And guess what, some of us even speak English too!!!!!

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Shock horror!!!!!

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Yes you are right, I am a white man from New Zealand!!!!! (Well mostly white, unless you count being part Maori as part black!!!)

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People live in New Zealand and unfortunately the first series of Yankee idol was not played here, so we have no idea who Justin Guarini was, now I do because he is obviously not from Paraguay, so my bad there

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Ironically one of our channels started playing American Idol after season 7 when its ratings starting to drop and we now get season 14 playing of it.