Racist TV commercials

[orange]

like a Mad Lib? What's that got to do with Comcast Digital Cable, exactly?

[Theben]

Nothing. It'd just a pointless ***** about something with randomly inserted names, which is a stab at this thread (and many others).

[Nubclear]

Neither of you get it...

[Theben]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Neither of you get it...

In that case you suck.

[Nubclear]

He laughed at my joke and didn't even get it

[Theben]

Funnier my way

[Pekka]

Theben, Only one week? Order take out...

[Theben]

The cat hasn't finished going thru the boxes of last week's take-out...

[Stefu]

When I saw the title, I was thinking about those Sotka commercials few months ago. Sotka is a Finnish furniture firm that is renowned for it's crappy commercials, which always contain the same two actors who act crappily, stupid bouncy music on the background and a badly animated cartoon bird ('sotka', can't remember what it is in English). Anyway, few months ago they were selling something with a Mexico theme, so the two guys played Mexicans, which apparently consisted of having big moustaches and saying "Aiiye!" a lot. If they were supposed to be Mexicans.

But in any case, that's probably not racism, that's just stupidity. Their current theme is "Texas Yankee beds", and they bring forth their Americanness by wearing stetsons and saying "Ay" and "Howdy" a lot.

[Berzerker]

But by having diverse ethnicities in commercials, the ad people are still being racist. They still choose people based on their race...

[Harovan]

"Latinos" are a race of their own since when?

[Drake Tungsten]

When you get wealthier you can hire a hot young woman to clean your house like I do.

You're living the dream.

What if we still do the dishes after letting sit for a week?

You need to invest in some disposable dishes.

[nato]

I can't say I've noticed a lot of Hispanic actors on commercials, but I think there is an increase in Hispanic-friendly commercials. Often I think some things in a commercial are meant to appeal to that market, like say the music.

This isn't about race, but theres one thing about commercials that drives me crazy. The husband is ALWAYS a completely clueless, childish idiot in them. Then the wife comes along and cooly, competently solves the problem or chides the husband. Its very consistant and getting annoying.

I've seen some old TV shows and the situation was the opposite, with a foolish wife and a calm, cool husband. Now we seem to just have the reverse, and its still lousy.

[CerberusIV]

There is a subtle pressure about reverse racism in TV commercials. The latest British Telecom commercials feature a couple of geeky types wearing naff '70's styles but they are white! I can't think of a commercial where something is being caricatured and any of the actors in such a role are non-white.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Sotka is a type of duck.