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Gorbachev's Pizza Hut Ad Resurfaces After His Death
- The Washington Post, Wednesday, August 31, 2022 6:24 PM
The death of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has prompted the resurfacing of a minute-long, tongue-in-cheek 25-year-old Pizza Hut ad created by BBDO. “By tapping into the debate about Gorbachev’s legacy — a man seen as a hero abroad and a villain in Russia — the commercial sought to show that ‘pizza is one of those foods that brings people together and bridges their differences,’” Tom Darbyshire, who wrote the commercial for the advertising agency BBDO, told The Washington Post.
