The meanings of the expression “Get woke, get broke” on a Burger King advertising film

The growing engagement of companies to the LGBTQIA+ cause faces a conservative force, from which the expression “Get woke, get broke” is born. To better understand this discourse clash, we aim to analyze how this expression is (re)built, in terms of meaning, on an advertising film launched on June 2...

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Autores: Alves, Rafael Vitória, Romualdo, Edson Carlos
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Letras de Hoje (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40338
Acesso em linha:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fale/article/view/40338
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:The Bakhtin Circle
Outvertising
Woke
LGBTQIA community
Círculo de Bakhtin
Sellar
Comunidad LGBTQIA
Lacrar
Comunidade LGBTQIA
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Resumo:The growing engagement of companies to the LGBTQIA+ cause faces a conservative force, from which the expression “Get woke, get broke” is born. To better understand this discourse clash, we aim to analyze how this expression is (re)built, in terms of meaning, on an advertising film launched on June 26 of 2020, by the Brazilian branch of the Burger King franchise. This is a qualitative research, framed in the interpretative paradigm. As theory support, we lean on the writings of the Bakhtin Circle (BAKHTIN, 2002, 2010, 2011; VOLÓCHINOV, 2017) and the publicity concept of outvertising (MOZDZENSKI, 2019). The analysis’ results show the expression is brought, at first, by the voice and value assessment of conservatives, but, when faced with some textual and discourse strategies, it is weakened until, finally, it is resignified as a supportive discourse to the LGBTQIA+ community.