I think this is a pretty old commercial, but I've seen it a couple of times today on ESPN.
Michael Jordan sitting in his place seat minding his own business, and some middle aged white guy comes up to him and shows him that he's wearing Hanes. And then he does some squats to show how well fitting they are.
And I'm like, Jee-suz. First of course is the fact that we've got a white guy making a fool of himself. And yes it would be just as offensive if a black guy were doing it, but you could never cast a black guy in such a commercial because there'd be such a fuss about racism. But having a white guy as a kowtowing idiot...perfectly all right.
Bottom line - there should be no commercials in which one of the two people involved is a kowtowing idiot.
In addition, you do have to wonder about real life. If someone did that in real life, to come up to a total stranger and show off their underwear - they'd get beaten to a pulp.
Just a stupid, stupid commercial all around.
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