Hasta La Creative!

Kevin Bacon, who is the center of the universe has been shilling EE in the UK for years now, going door to door and dropping out of the sky via helicopters. Now Kevin is a TV show host, not content with playing against himself in “Android vs. Arachnoid” he has now invited math genius Rachel Riley and Stephen Fry here just to stump them on TV in the show “It’s a no brainer.” Why would anyone choose to be on a slower network? Does Stephen Fry have any words for that? He can use latin ones – but nope, there’s just no rhyme or reason to it.

Meanwhile, Kevin also plays some audience members, donning wigs, moustaches, false teeth and in this case a dress as well. Blink and you’ll miss it. Uh-oh. I have a feeling this will upset some people. Bingo! Rachel Evans, a Video software engineer at the BBC who “makes iPlayer work” and “also happens to be trans” according to twitter bio, was quite upset by the Kevin Bacon audience cameo in this particular ad. Never mind that actors have donned drag since long before Shakespeare’s plays, in 2016 it’s apparently not just offensive, but to quote Rachel it’s (the) “sort of imagery is what gets people like me killed.” What sort of imagery, Kevin looking like a dude in a dress? Was John Cleese also trying to get people like Rachel killed? Having voiced concern with EE’s social media team, Rachel was told to not be such a drama queen – a “grow up Harriet” style move – and Rachel responded by suggesting diversity awareness training. Then Rachel also demanded the “dismissal of the ad agency, and training for Robyn” – Robyn being the social media manager in question who responded. Like the people who don’t choose EE there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. Meanwhile Rachel is still waiting for EE to apologise.