Came across this yesterday while reading Deadspin.Β And the fact that I’m sharing these clips with you is … well, I’m not really sure what to think.
Apparently there’s a new television commercial for some sort of washing machine product.Β In the commercials, a woman is washing clothes – only to suddenly be approached by a man who may have some, shall we say, intimate wishes.Β Suddenly there’s an incident next to the washing machine … and …
Nah.Β Just watch this for yourself.
This is for a Chinese laundry detergent called Qiaobi (δΏζ―).
Um… I don’t know what to say about this.Β Other than it’s racist, it’s offensive and — the most important thing —
It’s a ripoff.
A ripoff, mind you, of an even more offensive commercial, this time for an Italian laundry detergent, which dates back to as early as 2006.
I don’t think either of these commercials are that funny.Β Maybe if they were the equivalent of Saturday Night Live outtakes or something, I suppose… but, still…
Just know that if anybody ever did a commercial like this for a domestic laundry detergent, fabric softener or bleach, the advertising agency would be thrown out of the tallest window on Madison Avenue.
And rightly so.
Chuck The Writer 