ElectricBlanketFire
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EDIT: The point of this was to show the potential backlash Nike would have, but since it is being interpreted entirely differently from GAF we can lock this up.
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Nike commercial pays tribute to Donkey Kong...with a black man as Donkey Kong
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Alcoholikaust
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Eeep!
Cursed Frogurt
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They couldn't find an athletic tiny Italian mustachioed man to wear the shoes?
LiquidMetal14
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Commercial was missing what I was looking for. I'm not sure I saw the big deal but that mag cover I'm sure will have some talking.
GamerVoice
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Are any black people offended by this, or is it just white people?
Bobby Roberts
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oops.
spiderman123
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Cool commercial.
You're supposed to watch the video linked. The mag is an example of an ad that turned badly.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Doesn't make much sense after watching that commercial. Come on now TC!
It got weird for me when whitey mcwhiteguy did that dunk. I was like, wait you're not supposed to make that dunk! You can't jump!
I'm not offended one bit. In fact, I like the video game homage.
Cursed Frogurt
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That was Ving? Damn, that made the commercial even cooler. Approved. Ving needs to start being in more movies again.
Far reaching with that magazine cover post too. What's your beef OP?
I dunno, the over-the-top glee at throwing the obstacles makes me think no malice was intended. He's obviously having fun. He has the lone line of dialogue in the commercial too, and gets to call the protagonist "fool", if I heard correctly, like he's above all this and doing it for the lulz.
People are desperate to find racism.
Same. I
The_Inquisitor
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Sorry. I see nothing inherently racist.
Mentaiko_Allergy
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As a black dude I'm kinda like...meh...whatever.
daniel.robert.campbell
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Not at all. It's people trying to create controversy for the sake of controversy. Shit starters, starting shit.
This black guy was throwing basketballs at this white dude but then the white dude dodges them all then dunks on his ass. OP is pissed.
Bobby Roberts
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I'd wait until actual controversy happens, if there's going to be any. Ving Rhames throwing flaming basketballs at a man a-la Donkey Kong isn't inherently racist. Again, it's all in the delivery. If it had been a black man actually acting simian in any way, grunting and such, that'd be one thing. Ving's in a suit, laughing, and he gets the only line of dialog, which in fact belittles the guy doing the platforming for not succeeding at his level.
Cursed Frogurt
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TC is hoping you'll associate black people with apes and be outraged. All I saw was a pretty cool videogame inspired shoe ad starring one of the best badasses in movie history. Ving's awesome.
ElectricBlanketFire
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For all those asking why I'm outraged: I'm not.
The point of the thread was too show a video game-related commercial using imagery that has caused backlash in the past from other major companies using similar imagery.
The point of the thread was too show a video game-related commercial using imagery that has caused backlash in the past from other major companies using similar imagery.
Infernal Monkey
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Basketballs instead of barrels? I'm offended.
daniel.robert.campbell
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The one thing we can agree on; ElectircBlanketFire is raciest for trying to stir up racism.
superpickleman
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The people who find this racist, are racists.
jediyoshi
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But are you brave enough to ask the tough questions?
I tried to search for other instances claiming this commercial is racist and funny enough, only this thread appeared.
Bingo.
Holy shit, seriously. So Kong would have to be a white dude or it's racist?
Every single move has to be indicative of systemic racism or sexism or an undercurrent of pervasive rape culture or whatever. lol
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