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Posted: 8/24/2016 10:43:07 PM EDT
My wife says I am reading too much into the commercial.

I see "Blonde, light skinned Scandinavian woman marries dark skinned, bearded Islamic man and leads a life of wealth and happiness".

So am I a racist for seeing the commercial in this light?
Link Posted: 8/24/2016 10:48:49 PM EDT
[#1]
No you're just a bored over thinking conservative who politicizes everything
Link Posted: 8/24/2016 10:52:10 PM EDT
[#2]
I always thought this commercial was Volvo, but it's Volkswagen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnL-7x4n4d8
Link Posted: 8/24/2016 10:52:25 PM EDT
[#3]
Not wrong at all. Your whiteness sickitates them.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:11:39 AM EDT
[#4]
where the white women
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:14:16 AM EDT
[#5]
Luckily I cut the cord and watch everything streaming so I never have to see commercials anymore.



Try it, you'll find less things to get butt hurt about.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:14:59 AM EDT
[#6]
Same thing in a new jeep commercial.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:17:54 AM EDT
[#7]
I don't think you're reading too much into it. They didn't randomly just throw any people into the commercial. Is there an agenda? Maybe, maybe not but the people in the commercial were chosen deliberately.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:25:55 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:26:10 AM EDT
[#9]
Some one has to take the white women.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 12:32:58 AM EDT
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My wife says I am reading too much into the commercial.

I see "Blonde, light skinned Scandinavian woman marries dark skinned, bearded Islamic man and leads a life of wealth and happiness".

So am I a racist for seeing the commercial in this light?
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The better questions are:

Why is he riding in the back and who's the guy in the front passenger seat.

Interracial relationships are passe' these days.

Chris
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 6:51:12 AM EDT
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My wife says I am reading too much into the commercial.

I see "Blonde, light skinned Scandinavian woman marries dark skinned, bearded Islamic man and leads a life of wealth and happiness".

So am I a racist for seeing the commercial in this light?
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I thought the dude in the passenger seat looked Indian myself
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 6:54:01 AM EDT
[#12]
Well, once burned twice shy.  I don't care what they are trying to say I'll never own another Volvo again.

Or a Cadillac, or Nikes......I could go on.  

Everything has an agenda now.  Good to know who the bad guys are.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 7:05:13 AM EDT
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Sure they were picked intentionally. I don't see it as Scandinavian/Muslim though- where's her hijab?

It's a beautiful well crafted spot. I generally don't get into stories in commercials, since I know they're specifically concepted and written to make you do or feel something the advertisers want you to do or feel. Being in the industry, I'm usually pretty resistant to it. Yet this spot piques my curiosity. It's good work.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 7:13:29 AM EDT
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The ads are confusing at best mostly because they are snippets cut from a longer, 3 minute ad that tells the story of a father preparing his speech for his daughters wedding. In the process he reflects on the challenges in his own marriage. The full spot makes more sense.











You can view the full spot at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0ePBvH18c





(Can someone embed?)







Bottom line is the bearded guy is the Dad, the woman driving his wife, the young man with the camera sitting in the passenger seat is one of the groomsmen and the boy in the back with the father is the son of the Mom and Dad.  Conjecture is that the Mom is driving because Dad had a few drinks at the wedding.






 







ETA:  While it portray's what appears to a northeast liberal family, I don't see an agenda.  I see a dad who is melancholy over giving away his daughter at her wedding.




 
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 7:15:17 AM EDT
[#15]
What about the Cadillac commercial with the black pimp and his asian girl?
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 7:20:26 AM EDT
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Or the Lincoln spot with Matthew Mcconaghey and his canine love slaves?
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 7:45:10 AM EDT
[#17]
Stupid commercial. I don't want to think about commercials. If i want a soap opera I'll watch Lifetime.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 7:59:17 AM EDT
[#18]
Yup, plenty of commercials these days are selling more than the product.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:00:20 AM EDT
[#19]
I was lost at having the wife drive while the husband sat in the back seat.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:05:33 AM EDT
[#20]
Sometimes a guy with a beard is just a guy with a beard.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:06:42 AM EDT
[#21]
Beard guy is the father of the bride. They expect you to go to youboob and watch a five minute dramamercial.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:10:18 AM EDT
[#22]
Ost
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:13:18 AM EDT
[#23]
I just thought, "damn, that doesn't make any sense, guess it's BMW for me".
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:16:13 AM EDT
[#24]
When I was taking a Marketing course in college (many, many years ago) we had to sit through a series of classic commercials to which some shrill-voiced, dyke would tell us were "racist" "sexist" or otherwise offensive. I came away from that exercise realizing that you can find anything you want to see...if you look hard enough.

Culture is in constant change. The demographic of the economy changes too. Advertising is like a selfie taken in society's mirror.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:17:58 AM EDT
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I never took him as being a representation of a Muslim either. Wait...I have had a beard before...
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:25:30 AM EDT
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The better questions are:

Why is he riding in the back and who's the guy in the front passenger seat.

Interracial relationships are passe' these days.

Chris
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My wife says I am reading too much into the commercial.

I see "Blonde, light skinned Scandinavian woman marries dark skinned, bearded Islamic man and leads a life of wealth and happiness".

So am I a racist for seeing the commercial in this light?


The better questions are:

Why is he riding in the back and who's the guy in the front passenger seat.

Interracial relationships are passe' these days.

Chris


The bearded dude is supposed to be her father (there's a series of these commercials)

And the dude in the front looks indian (call center, not feather)
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:35:54 AM EDT
[#27]
AN AGENDA, not "a agenda"

This is the real downfall of western civilization.

Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:38:38 AM EDT
[#28]
I just assumed that a young couple was getting married, and the most interesting man in the world showed up and stole the woman and is going to take her home and fuck her while she makes that loser ex fiancé watch.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:40:18 AM EDT
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AN AGENDA, not "a agenda"

This is the real downfall of western civilization.

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Their you have it.  
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:45:05 AM EDT
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Their you have it.  
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AN AGENDA, not "a agenda"

This is the real downfall of western civilization.

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Their you have it.  


You have taken this to far.

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Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:45:46 AM EDT
[#31]
Someday we'll all be a brownish color
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:48:16 AM EDT
[#32]
That is why I drive pickup trucks or corvettes.

No  feel-good bullshit .
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:49:09 AM EDT
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I'm a brownish color right now.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:50:31 AM EDT
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Peak Scandinavian Women.   Get 'em while they're white.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 8:59:07 AM EDT
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FYI, not all commercials are representations of the company. My marketing team packs their own agenda in with out the consent of the board.

My marketing team is the definition of gun grabbing soccer mom socialists, but most of the company doesn't nessisarily lean that way, nor do they really politicize everything, so they just accept it as trendy or modern.

I swear the most rabid leftists purposely get into marketing and advertising just to push an agendas.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 9:08:43 AM EDT
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I was waiting to the 'most interesting man in the world' stuff to start...
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 9:15:45 AM EDT
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The ads are confusing at best mostly because they are snippets cut from a longer, 3 minute ad that tells the story of a father preparing his speech for his daughters wedding. In the process he reflects on the challenges in his own marriage. The full spot makes more sense.

You can view the full spot at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0ePBvH18c
(Can someone embed?)


Bottom line is the bearded guy is the Dad, the woman driving his wife, the young man with the camera sitting in the passenger seat is one of the groomsmen and the boy in the back with the father is the son of the Mom and Dad.  Conjecture is that the Mom is driving because Dad had a few drinks at the wedding.
 

ETA:  While it portray's what appears to a northeast liberal family, I don't see an agenda.  I see what may be a Jewish dad who is melancholy over giving away his daughter at her wedding.
 
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Get that logic out'a hurr!!!
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 1:48:47 PM EDT
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and most food commercials now
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 1:50:43 PM EDT
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Or the Lincoln spot with Matthew Mcconaghey and his canine love slaves?
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What about the Cadillac commercial with the black pimp and his asian girl?


Or the Lincoln spot with Matthew Mcconaghey and his canine love slaves?


Whose kids are these?  And why are they in my car?
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 1:53:11 PM EDT
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You have taken this to far.

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AN AGENDA, not "a agenda"

This is the real downfall of western civilization.

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Their you have it.  


You have taken this to far.

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The point still stands irregardless.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:15:59 PM EDT
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When I was taking a Marketing course in college (many, many years ago) we had to sit through a series of classic commercials to which some shrill-voiced, dyke would tell us were "racist" "sexist" or otherwise offensive. I came away from that exercise realizing that you can find anything you want to see...if you look hard enough.

Culture is in constant change. The demographic of the economy changes too. Advertising is like a selfie taken in society's mirror.
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This guy gets it.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:20:23 PM EDT
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There's definitely an agenda. It's to get people to buy Volvos. Now, people on a gun website are talking about Volvos, and I now know there's some long-ass YouTube video about the commercial. Looks like Volvo nailed it.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:21:12 PM EDT
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This.

I actually admired his beard and wished mine looked more like that.

I didn't notice any particular color to his skin, he looked like a tanned white guy with a salt and pepper beard.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:26:03 PM EDT
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No worse then the fact that every TV show has a LGTBQ character even though they only make up less than 5% of society they are supposed to be mimicking.

We are conditioned to not care for the most part.

I know I don't care.

I don't know if that's because I never cared (my family never made an issue of it one way or the other) or if its because I am conditioned to not care.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:26:10 PM EDT
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Sure they were picked intentionally. I don't see it as Scandinavian/Muslim though- where's her hijab?

It's a beautiful well crafted spot. I generally don't get into stories in commercials, since I know they're specifically concepted and written to make you do or feel something the advertisers want you to do or feel. Being in the industry, I'm usually pretty resistant to it. Yet this spot piques my curiosity. It's good work.
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It sucks.  Stupid commercial.  Fucking weird feely feely bullshit.  FV  

Would never buy one anyway.  Aren't they chinese owned now anyway?
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:27:08 PM EDT
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They should've put the most interesting man in the world in the back seat instead.  I hear he's looking for work.  
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:29:36 PM EDT
[#47]
i thought white women banging old man's son and thinking about a 3-some with him.
Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:29:57 PM EDT
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Are we really having a thread about interracial relationships in commercials?

Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:45:44 PM EDT
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No, you are absolutely not reading into it, you are not racist. There is a very obvious anti-white/male agenda, the people who make these commercials admit to it. You should be glad that you are not a highly manipulated drone that can see the bullshit.


Every other commercial is anti-white male. Virtually every commercial, T.V series and even in movies now, white males are almost always portrayed as stupid, weak and not masculine, at the same time they will portray black men as being smart, strong, hip and more masculine. They will show a white woman in a interracial relationship and at the same time show a white male as being weak and stupid. The only commercial i have seen lately that portrays a white man as being strong, smart, masculine and a hero is the Honda generator commercial.

Link Posted: 8/25/2016 3:52:33 PM EDT
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and most food commercials now
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Same thing in a new jeep commercial.


and most food commercials now




 
And retirement planning commercial....
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