What else is new? Of course, any commercial like this is subject to this sort of analysis. But, I changed the filter on the gasoline tank one that day since we had one. VoGo – virtue signaling is only a problem when done by the left. Cars. I assure you we continue to focus on the mundane here, just to make you happy. “The only people it doesn’t play to are the unwashed Trump voting populace who you rightly recognize are the butt of the joke. Its telling that you so effortlessly spin it into troll bait, as well. People posting opinions such as that, only more forcefully, led to a gutless decision to black hole an article which in turn led to one of their leading content producers (and likely revenue generators) parting with the company. The movie Hitman: Agent 47 flew under everyone's radar last summer, but if you happened to see it in theaters, there's no doubt you enjoyed the abundance of screen time the Audi RS7 got. If I started showing up at random little league games, people would probably surmise I’m a pervert. None of that is remotely possible. And that’s exactly what he did. I’ve never seen so much rage on the IMDB pages. It plays tog older women for whom the nostalgia a play registers. The commercial is inspired by World War Z (with Brad Pitt) movie. He is loyally surrounded by his African Americans. I want to turn down the volume, and look away. Like in the commercial example, how many girls want to be race car drivers when they grow up. Women and other groups have been fighting for equal treatment across the board, including in the military. I’m currently working a contract in a Fortune 500 corporation. Short version: it’s not marketed to the dad, it’s marketed to the woman who used to be that little girl. I guess it’s not possible that African Americans could want to watch some kids racing their home built cars or that they might be friends of the family, or even part of the family. You can see him briefly at the 8 second mark. I see that exact thing happen all the time. Then again, we’re talking Audi, which automatically means VAG and the kind of arrogance that made VAG think they could get away with defeat devices in their diesel vehicles. Well, we know he’s going to lose and the girl is going to win. Having spent some 40 years as a professional HR type in US industry and a few in govt, I’d agree that the pay for comparable work is pretty dang even today. http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/ndaa-women-draft-dropped, ” Pretty sure I’m just a few more articles like this away from deleting it from my favorites. LMAO! It is healthy to find this meteorologist attractive: https://45.media.tumblr.com/19ccbc02a47a27f75fdf6dce290eacd1/tumblr_o1ycj9fM9H1s97etwo1_500.gif, *I just wanted another excuse to post her gif. Nobody actually favors a wage gap; any argument is usually about whether one still exists. This stuff is pixel perfect and composing subtext and subliminal cues tailored to appeal to social biases are old and well refined arts. Kids are pawns in the chess game of life. I don’t think any women have passed the IOC course, whereas 20% or so of women have passed the much easier enlisted course. Who wants to be those people? Um, Jack, Once everyone got interested in the race, the black guys went to break into cars. You got it right here. I doubt most of their audience has any idea just HOW much frame-by-frame work goes into crafting a message intended to steer buyer behavior. Brave of you to stick tall bias out there (as a height-blessed person yourself). I uh, don’t know if Jack’s reading of it is in line with the intent or not, but the general point of the lifestyle being conveyed is probably not far from the truth. I don’t see anything disrespectful or obnoxious from this particular poster that would justify the level of snark directed back at him. Based on the social media comments and media feedback we’ve looked at six possible intentions behind Audi producing this commercial. That Derby car is seven or eight feet long. That’s your answer to everything you are incapable of arguing against. Sometimes the fail at TTAC exceeds the win. Let’s start this race. There are definitely some people in my family who are related to both black and white people. Now let’s meet her first opponent: a Traditional American Boy Right Down To The Fucking Peter Fonda Captain America Helmet! The commercial promotes Audi Hybrid, which makes a loud entrance to a green village. Only if a vehicle is nothing more than basic transportation to you. As you can read all over the web right now, Americans LOVE an underdog, and Audi knows this. La technologie hybride rechargeable, par Audi. And yet this moronic commercial sets it up as if it IS a thing, and then knocks it down with extreme gusto. The message falls flat when there is an ulterior motive. I have to question the fragility of the male ego if they cant accept a fantasy ad with a girl winning. “. Maybe we will be fortunate enough to get Jack to deconstruct Puppy Bowl XIII. Look at the vacant expression of malice. “in support of an issue that was decided long ago”, ‘Note that he’s surrounded by black people, who are shorter and smaller than him. Narrow face, crazed expression, unnecessary goggles. 2019 Audi A7 TV Commercial, 'Night Watchman Part 1' [T1] After observing dedicated Audi engineers working endlessly night after night, a facility night watchman claims he's seen things he shouldn't have -- unnatural things. Thoughtcrime detected, comrade DeadWeight! I took it to be representative of our Führer taking Ivanka to a derby race back in the 1980s. Let me tell you up front: chances are you won’t like what Audi has to say. See, the brilliance of the ad is that it plays to multiple demos. Audi’s trying to sell cars, not right every wrong on earth. It’s actually a really lousy thing to do to the ad agency, because not only is a modern Audi absolutely incongruous in this 1982 dreamland, it raises an unpleasant question: Where’s the soapbox car? But sometimes I just want to read about something else for a change. Too bad about that part; the rest of the piece is really perceptive and I agree wholeheartedly. I can imagine a scene out of Rosemary’s Baby, with the ambitious underclass signing a deal with the devil. What is Audi on to lately? Just brilliant. Brilliant, and bravo. Please next time please just try selling me a car and leave out all the symbolism and crap that comes with it. As opposed to Trump and his listening session with men of colour to start Black History Month? . After all, I live in my own meritocracy. And coming from a German company, with direct ties to Hitler’s “people’s car” and the corporation it launched, is the icing on the cake. I hope he comes back eventually. As we’ll see, there are no black kids in this race. There are no chubby executives in my company. In 2018 33 Senators are up and only 8 are GOP. The XTS is a great choice! My closing comment. Because you are under the impression that Congress which passed it, and the President who signed and executed it are all women? This one looks almost like a sumo wrestler; his skin is dark. We love teams that shouldn’t have a chance in the big game. And why are there two kids in another one of the cars? But let’s not forget – SPAM won the superbowl ad wars. I’m right at 6 ft tall, but overweight (have been all my life). “buttercup” “beta male” “snowflake” “SJW”. I see this as way more harmless than most… I see those boys there as generic ‘opponents’… I’m not going to examine their supposed background, it would expose my prejudices more than anything. He worked in the gangs and organized crime unit for 11 years. “Capitalism” is implicated now because we have (vague, corrupted, often only so-called) capitalism. Say goodbye to tight parking spaces. With high-speed charging and quattro all-wheel drive, the all-new, fully-electric Audi e-tron SUV is … No one wants to be fat or poor and Audi puts themself out there as that aspirational brand of the young and professional and older gentrified wealthy so this ad just plays to that. Everybody loves their fucking mom. That’s why I read your stuff. That’s what it means. Yet his glee doesn’t last long; she gets around him in a hurry. We then waited a bit longer because he didn’t like the lighting. Were you the psycho that told us the FWD A6 2.0T was good or was that Stevenson? As many others have said, if employers actually paid less to women for the same work, they would be sued so quickly by every awaiting jackal lawyer that there head would spin. And it still might, but a lot of people are going to watch this ad and think, gee, Audi thinks we’re all women hating jerks, I’d better go buy an Audi so people think I’m totally woke. F*** Audi. Right, this explains the ad we all just watched. Especially if the things pointed out here were present and accounted for. Log in . We all know what car we want and why we’re ‘right’ about it. Fuck those assholes. More precisely, he’s saying that as he scrolls through the list of articles on this 100% free website, his eyes should not be BRIEFLY TROUBLED BY A HEADLINE. Configurer; Demander un essai ; Véhicules immédiatement disponibles; Véhicules d'occasion; Nouvelle A6 … “By the time we got to lunch — and it’s only 5 or 6 minutes — she sold me.”, Worried, however, that the world’s third-richest man, worth $65.8 billion, might not get a good price, the 83-year-old Buffett dispatched his daughter, Susie, down to Huber Cadillac in Omaha to make the purchase on his behalf. Right: We should stop discriminating against short guys In the words of the infamous rap song, the fat boys are back. Kind of like my ire towards a VW ad I mentioned here: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/02/qotd-time-favorite-automotive-commercial/#comment-8903673. no, surely they would not. What he was saying is rather pointless, as well. Once you understand them, you may even be able to perceive the differences without the availability of measurement tools. “Takeaway; when others associate you with our product you are are the archetypes in the ad.”. There may well have been a black kid in a kart that got cut somewhere along the way, possibly to avoid a different ugly implication that we aren’t aware of not having seen that raw footage. Knowing as you all do that my blood is Ford blue, I do believe I would have the same reactions if the dynamic daddy-daughter duo were walking towards a Continental. Wow. “Audi doesnt do anything better than a Hyundai . It is saying “this is wrong, and I don’t accept it”. He sneers at her — she’s just a girl. (Not to be confused with CLASSIC Rock which remains quite resilient). Wages may be equal but often the attitudes aren’t. Jack’s right- the hero is the father, not the daughter. They’re positioning themselves for their electric future, which won’t include four-time Audi customers like me. That’s what this supportive, high-net-worth feminist dad and his genetically superior daughter did: just like any good progressive Eloi, they outsourced the greasy work to the Morlocks. Color lines within the African diaspora are interesting, but then I suppose you see it in Mexico where there seems to be a correlation between status/wealth and the percentage of Spaniards in your lineage (or Cuba, where one rarely sees high ranking black government officials). It just reinforces our natural biases. There you go, obscuring the language to make us think that they aren’t paid equally when the jobs truly are identical. It’s an easy sell as an angle to their client because guess who makes the majority of purchase decisions for these cars? And if talking about the automobile industry, which is now on its way to repeat the … Audi USA unveiled a TV commercial named “Presents – Not For You.” The advert promotes aimed at addressing and debunking some of the long-held myths and misconceptions about electric vehicles. If you want to know how the upper-middle class sees their inferiors, this is a good snapshot of it. Consommation mixte *: Essence-Électrique: 1,3–1,0 l/100km | Électrique: 153,0–141,0 Wh/km. That was my intent, and its what I’d do if facing the same situation. Everyone I know with a Profession or skilled Trade have weathered those changes rather well. Now corporations are going to try and use the leftist SJW programming to sell more luxury cars. The only other articles that are this obvious are Tim’s sales report and MSD series. Perfect! It’s just that it is against men so no femenist is bringing it up. It was great to hear that Madison and Brett demonstrated our company value — the customer is our compass. If Audi wanted to try some authentic activism, they might consider showing us an African-American man or woman who overcame a tough upbringing to become an actual customer, or perhaps a differently-abled person who’s achieved enough to buy himself an S8 as a reward for his hard work. About Newsroom Store Contact Careers ByteDance Creator Directory. . You can’t even see them out of the car.”. Also keep in mind that there’s four big voices in the creation. And please, DO NOT fall for identity politics. Or maybe, like Target’s or Amazon’s CEOs, have hurt the company by promoting a political agenda. You promised there would be no more of this. That, in turn, is because, in part, software continues to “eat the world”, so there are fewer and fewer jobs to be had at all strata of society. You’re a virtue signaling SJW and therefore everything you say is meaningless! Mid-level Civics with Honda Sensing are going for like $20k, and they’re really nice. “Money and breeding always beat poor white trash.”. That might strain credulity if you were that male. As for Audis, how are those big discounts doing? Which she does, and now we return to the dad. dichotomies despite the murky light and fast cuts, but hasn’t every commercial since the dawn of time depicted users of their products as more attractive by conventional/shallow criteria than the rest of us? Since Audi didn’t have time to produce a new commercial preaching about how “we’re a nation of immigrants” or some other worthless tripe, they decided to run this ad which is completely off topic in the current political environment. Uncle put a thick iron flatbed on it after that. I submit that $3 million spend isnt a big deal to the VAG group. Post secondary education has been priced out of their reach. Nice piece of work, supports my observations about Audi drivers.I’m a bit offended also as I too, have owned them.I’m less likely to in the near future. The only people at director level and above who are NOT taller than me are highly fit women. The real issue is those jobs that are generally identified as “women’s work”, e.g. Does women occasionally ‘winning’ automatically meaning men are ‘losing’? Much the way an Audi driver might look at someone driving a 1995 Ford Taurus. I think Audi are largely preaching to the choir… their audience would be largely liberal professionals, where the woman is already the major influence on purchasing decisions even in a heterosexual relationship. . If you accept Baruth’s words at face value, the commercial is the equivalent of saying “here at audi, we love moms”. You’re supposed to hate them. There’s a story there… I’ll tell it some time. About the narration, I felt like I always feel when some corporate faceless business (or it’s advertising agency) does something like this to “take a stand”: its revolting how sappy and fake it feels. All fingers point to mom or dad cursing when attempting to park a massive SUV in a small parking space. That’s the attitude that if you dont love America, get the hell out. It’s exactly the same thing as ads or porn designed for us. Jack, you’ve never struck as thinned skinned but this defensive and self-serving reaction to a small amount of negative feedback is a little disappointing. Nothing but prefabricated poppycock there. THAT is your job. (I also bounced a huge tool box off the Chevy one time, but to be fair, I was told that I had to drive through the flooded section of the trail at full speed to make it through. Would any commercial be made today that showed a male doing better than a female in any way? I’ve heard Warren Buffet drives a late model Buick. Jack, you are the master of takedowns, knocking this one out in a way that Mark Dice and most of the other people examining it on youtube never even considered. An advertisement that has gone around the web and that has been highly criticized. I’d bet nearly anything that the commercial idea was crafted entirely without reference to the car that will actually be featured. Audi is a slightly elitist aspirational luxury brand. Government has done a gross injustice to the working man but not by inadequate protection. This ad tries to emotionally engage women so that they have a favorable view of Audi and the ‘dad’ in the commercial gets the car he wants. “Seriously, there’s a reason why it’s dad in the ad, not mom.”. Not because of the commercial or any stigma associated with VAG cars, but mainly due to current styling directions of the brand, and lack of manual transmissions. Besides, TTAC is equal opportunity. But I think the car in the ad is that A5 Sportback, isn’t it? When they were bainstorming, filming and approving this ad it looked as if, to the ad guys and Audi merchants, this type of ad was going to get millions of emotional shares on reddit, instagram, imgur and facebook. Next, you’ll be taking a bold stand against Chevy by buying a Buick instead. Uh-oh. Well, I don’t know if you would, but you know what I mean. Come on now. (See? “Yes, you can come and watch (if you know when to leave, as in, early), but don’t dare put your kids in this race. Keep your agendas to yourself and just sell stuff. The question you have to ask yourself is why it bothers you that audi repeats something incredibly trite and patently obvious. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? @Jack Baruth Australian Rules Football has just released a national Women’s competition. I actually think my mother deserved to make more than my father. :). Coming … I’m not just saying that because I agree with it, although I do and thought the point was spot on. This is an issue I used to follow fairly close, since I worked there for a few years. Jack’s superior writing skills gets him high 5’s from the peanut gallery whereas brother Mark screws himself. Audi is explicitly suggesting that choosing their product will identify you as one of the chosen few. Ya gotta love a company who launches a campaign in AD 2016 called “Intelligence is the New Rock & Roll.”, Because Rock is Dead. This is thuggish passive-aggressive behavior at its most contemptible. They are not sparing detail. And just in case you can’t read the message, they’ve actually put stripper glitter on her face — or the suggestion of it, at least. Notice how many arguments start from a false premise. There comes a point when off-topic content detracts from the site. Every single person in my 300-person department who is taller than me is at least a vice president. The African-Americans are just here to play a supporting role. But within big corportarions, they should vote with their feet by walking out. If I came here and found hairstyling tips and chicken recipes, I would probably be annoyed not because of any dislike for hair or chicken but because that’s not what one would hope to find on a website about cars. If they want to put out the fire of inequality, why not start where it’s burning most? Nobody goes to watch other peoples kids do crap unless they’re family. “She really let me have it,” Buffett said. It wasn’t far into this one that I knew exactly who wrote it. The smirk on all of the boy’s faces make you think Mr. Burns himself must be a direct ancestor. That have something they want from me, my business. But the notion that it needs to DISAPPEAR in order to suit him? Vellum Venom for auto commercials? I didn’t bother to analyze the commercial frame by frame and just accepted it for what it appeared to be on the surface. I do this so I don’t bias myself subconsciously. No, that isn’t easy when you have a family to feed. Moreover, he is further suggesting that any editorial he doesn’t like shouldn’t be on the page. I wish I’d noticed the black folks around him, but no black kids. See you soon, Junior. Lord knows he endures a lot of criticism. Jacob, was Jewish. My fairly useless media degree was the last time I’ve seen a great storyboard breakdown like this. They never had a chance. This post, which has gotten linked at Instapundit and a couple of other popular sites, will cause more people to watch the Audi ad. Audi isn’t playing to those who ponder their motives on automotive blogs. The much-buzzed about commercial … 80% of car buying decisions are strongly influenced by women. Now, if you want to raise the level of discourse, I’d suggest not putting words in other peoples’ mouths. “Jack’s right- the hero is the father, not the daughter.”. It’s a compelling emotional narrative that you can tack any product onto willy nilly. You see burly, macho loggers, oil rig guys or construction workers, tooling around in a duded-up, $50,000 pickup truck. https://cheddar.vhx.tv/cheddar-archive/videos/cheddar-closing-bell-s3-e020317-h-full-mezz-hd-en-us. He’s not saying that he doesn’t like political content. But I doubt this is the daughter. Every wannabee web pundit spewing prose about this is vindication that Audi spent wisely. Thus, comparing a nurse to an electrician, or an engineer to a pharmacist, is an inapt comparison from the start. Forgot about the frogs! You too can have a f___able and caring husband if you buy a new a4. hell, 25 years ago a Dilbert comic had this dialogue: “Dilbert, I’d like you to meet Ben, our newest fast-track manager. Citibank in Japan did essentially that 20+ years ago. Ironic in a nation where almost everyone is dark-skinned. Mr. Baruth, you should channel The Last Psychiatrist more often. You’re here to make the white people look good. So, I’m making an effort to tune out now and then. ;-). But we all knew we were supposed to lust after Molly Ringwald and, hey, mission accomplished. The answer is: getting dicked down by her super-alpha boss at her law firm. If TTAC ever no longer suits you, please go into advertising, as we all know this is where much of societal modeling starts and ends. Seriously thou awesome. Don’t know if that helps or hurts my case with you. THAT is nothing but racist. Not often but even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day. The dad is tall because everyone thought their dad was tall when they were kids. !”) then test drive a car there. You turned me into Judd Nelson in the breakfast club. It has way more to do with natural preferences than anything else. Take that for what you will. Be happy that our hero has chosen a car and not a CUV! TTAC is becoming more and more like an angry Morlock every day. Audi being Audi, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the someone in the process noted the subliminal “money and breeding always beat poor white trash” message and decided most of those who will see this are too stupid to discern the subtleties anyway. This is the enemy. :). Luke42, you are an obvious savant. “Father, have I missed the battle?” Well, Audi, you’ve missed the war; if there’s a place in the United States where women are actually paid significantly less for doing the same job as men, it’s not evident from what I’m reading. Therefore, an ad that appeals to the idea of female equality. Again: advertising 101, but the virtue being signaled isn’t political correctness – it’s masculinity. Yes Girls are now achieving in Sport in Australia. That comment reminded me of this classic. -Nate. Facts show this. WHite men discriminate far more than any other group because they have the power. She’s got a coarse, chunky prole face, obvious braces, and an old-style varsity jacket. You know the saying, a fish rots from the head… And herein lies the value of social media. Because if men are overpaid, that would imply that dad is “part of the problem” if he gets a paycheck. :), Concerning the sir thing. My son has health insurance and his own investment portfolio. As someone who watched and enjoyed the hell out of the series, I’d quote Don Draper himself: “Oh, you mean love. Jack, I think you miss-read the metaphor. This is another movie evocation from the same era: The Road Warrior. It runs in the family”. “Want to close wage gap? My wife and I both voted for Trump and we are neither unwashed nor assholes, which is apparently more than I can say for you. Troll bait. Probably cheating in some way (aside from having more weight to push the cart lol). Think of all the things that you could buy that would provoke an argument when you got home. It ain’t DaVinci, or Rodin, or “Citizen Kane.” Hell, if we want to talk about filmed media that wants to be culturally significant, I’d say it’s not even “The Help.” It’s a TV spot. Having spent a few years writing, storyboarding and shooting basic local TV commercials with a highly-creative agency, I get how unintended subtleties can get in there…although there should be at least one devil’s advocate in the process to find if any exist and if so, bring them up for all the parties to consider before they reach the point of public consumption. And the Budweiser Frogs. She’s about to pass the two front-runners, then the big fat kid tries to take her out but she hits the brake, falls back, and he ends up taking out the other front-runner along with himself instead. I find it personally offensive. Seriously, 9/10ths of action movies all have macho male stars; it’s okay for a few female heroines to carry a movie. He was just putting in his two cents’ worth. I’ve seriously considered injecting my son with HGH to boost him from the 87th percentile to the C-suite. But I’m sure the San Francisco ad agency were high-fiving each other for striking a blow against the patriarchy. Given the history of people saying inappropriate things to you (and maybe another recent development regarding a certain author who ended up not authoring for the site anymore), I see why it’s easy to get your back up. Plus, they can be expected to provide useful transportation beyond the warranty period. To be fair, I’m lower-middle-class, not poor. Youtube Maisie Williams as part of Audi's 2020 Super Bowl commercial. Commercials illustrating expensive vehicles are a massive destroyer of wealth/savings and that many truly I intelligent, wealthy (net wealthy, free of debt) people drive older, reliable, and often less e expensive but well-maintained vehicles would not suit Audi’s message. It’s a car ad. Watch, interact and learn more about the songs, characters, and celebrities that appear in your favorite Audi TV Commercials. .”. “Money and breeding always beat poor white trash” — but it’s not so binary now with the ascent of 45 manifesting the finer qualities of both Bevölkerungsgruppen. I think I got to Season 4 but the show started to run out of steam. Sorry if I happen to relate, dude, although I’m not fat, I’m damn sure not a potential Audi customer. The reason you haven’t felt it is because it doesn’t exist. Dad: “Just because I had Norcal parents of means who put me in private school, taught me subtle tactics and tricks to the system, got me SAT tutors and helped me work hard and climb the ladder to a point where I can purchase a German sedan worth more than these kids houses does NOT mean I’m not the underdog hero here!”. Their individual identities are irrelevant. Oh, good Lord…all this outrage over a freakin’ ad? Just watched this again and was thinking about the background music. It just doesnt happen. Then he went to France and did Pops . Audi is the latest in a lineup of companies attempting to pander to the progressive narrative. The daughter is an object of desire. I understand what you’re trying to say but consider the fact that this spot cost about $50,000 PER SECOND to make. He has getting an outrageous amount of cash to do it. They play to the ordinary viewer’s sublimated fears. I’ve been able to “get away” with saying or doing things that female colleagues couldn’t. You don’t exercise veto power on this site. They weren’t buying an Audi anyway.”. Everything you said was spot on. Nice kids, though. MBella, brilliant analysis, yup there is no greater sin in North America than to be overweight. I need to sit down, I’m getting light headed. took a film course back in college and i have to agree w/ Jack on this one… every single thing in this commercial is there for a reason. Step one: Change your major from feminist dance therapy to electrical engineering. Again, if you’re up to date on your Mad Max characters, you’ll recognize the Bruce Spence “Gyro Pilot” character from Road Warrior and Thunderdome. I talked with my wife about this commercial, and ultimately her opinion was that if Audi really respected her, they’d try to sell her the car based on its merits, rather than trying to pander to her via some very misguided political assumptions. It certainly worked on me; I felt the immediate tug of nostalgia for a place I’d never been. I went from annoyed to glad that you got me to watch that garbage. @Caboose – you raise some interesting points. The housing development I live in is 1/2 mile away from the intersection with the main thoroughfare. But it’s true; you actually can measure and quantify things like chassis stiffness, steering feel, suspension damping characteristics, yaw rate under power or during trail braking, leather thickness and toughness, and many other things that are apparently beyond your scope. During the Super Bowl, the German car company aired a commercial that is incorrect in its assumptions and downright harmful in its message.
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