{"id":2226,"date":"2021-01-23T10:53:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2021-01-23T10:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T10:54:00","slug":"the-mm-characters-whats-going-on-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookywook.co.uk\/blog\/the-mm-characters-whats-going-on-there\/","title":{"rendered":"The M&M characters: what’s going on there?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In today’s post I’m going to be talking about the M&M characters. But initially, I was going to write a blog post about the crazy cultural landmark that is M&M World. You know, that enormous cathedral of confectionery that dominates Leicester Square opposite The Book of Mormon. Unfortunately, the best piece of writing that could be written about this already exists, in Tom Whyman’s The M&Ms Store and the M&Mification of the World: Understanding the New Reification<\/a><\/em>. Vice have also done some decent photojournalism<\/a> of the place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we’re all in agreement, M&Ms World is a strange place. But still, I had questions. Like, who exactly is spending \u00a337 on a 300g ‘tenderness tube?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I spent a while going through the official M&M website. And on there, they have OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHIES of the M&M characters. So I’m going to talk about those instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are the M&M characters?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the UK, we’re only really exposed to two of the M&Ms: Red and Yellow. My main association with them is a pre-film show they presented at UK cinemas called From the Red Carpet.<\/em> They would usually intro a celebrity interview from a new film premiere. It was quite strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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