I want to buy a Chevy truck. (watch the video)

[Blue-Jay]

Wow. Just ....wow.

http://www.slate.com/id/2151143/?GT1=8702

[Deja Q]

1. They use GM and GM offshores parts and manufacturing.

Chevy has no right to brand themselves so "American". They're not. They're globalized. Their products reflect that too. :think:

[idgiehkt]

2. !@#$%$#@!

This pissed me off so freaking bad the other day. How fucking dare they use scenes from Katrina to sell fucking trucks. God I was pissed when I saw this. What does Chevrolet have to do with people fucking dying of exposure. Fuck Chevrolet and the white horse they didn't ride in on.

[Blue-Jay]

3. Not to mention pimping Rosa Parks, MLK, & 9/11.

But hey, buy a truck!

I'm more than a little pissed at Mellancamp too.

[CanuckAmok]

4. Holy cats.

Not only is it in questionable taste, I don't really understand the commonality of the imagery.

I mean, these are some images of what could be considered American failure:

Katrina damage, California wildfires, the loss of the WTC, the death of Dale Earnhart, the Vietnam Invasion....

I guess I just don't understand how some ad man can seriously expect the viewer to allow a 1 second shot of a line of Chevy trucks and a 1 second shot of (presumably) a barn-raising to neutralise the effects of all that visual negativity.