Personally I enjoy watching ads such as this, because it gives little humor with my sort of taste. Even if it shows a little bit of a stereotype, it's done in good spirit. They didn't have any intention to make it offensive or harmful in any way, as it just advertised their product and showed how a change could completely change how someone looks. So what if it showed that "if you drive a truck you're a badass." this isn't really a stereotype that is
bad, it just really isn't for the tastes of some. The commercial was generally he male version of all commercials for women, where they are portrayed to have perfect bodies, face with no blemishes and generally unobtainable. To be honest it's even slimmed down because the man only changed his car, and
wasn't a Chris Evans.
There are many other commercials that are sure to be a lot worse, but i feel that most have very minor stereotypes that only if you pay attention you will notice. Such is the case with this Mio commercial.
It isnt really noticable, but there is a general stereotype that black people like grape flavored drinks and only if someone was
really nitpicky about it they would point this out, fort he 3 seconds it was in
this commercial.
But there are some people who believe we should own up to our stereotypes like myself, and the youtuber Nigahiga. He created a video based on Asian stereotypes and even creates a pun at the end using a Filipino stereotypes which i found hilarious. you can watch his video
here.
Overall I believe stereotypes are things that should be generally accepted unless they are plain straight rude.
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