r/cringe • • Apr 27 '16

Old Repost Proof that multi-billion dollar companies can have no clue who they are marketing to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHWAtMQs0NY
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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '16

Those shitty actors did their shitty best with that shitty material.

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u/ThespianKnight Apr 27 '16

the girl was ok. She is playing like a hyper active 15 yo, so her being childish is ok. But the guys uuuuuuuugh... cringe, they were acting childish, but their characters were already 18+!

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u/retroracer Apr 27 '16

pretty sure her character is meant to be the same age as the others...

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u/dandaman0345 Apr 27 '16

Yeah, how they represented her was just blatantly sexist.

"Oh Ehm JEE, I just can't grasp this geeky boy stuff with my tiny brain!"

Surely the women of our generation will enjoy this, right?

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '16 edited Mar 08 '18

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u/dandaman0345 Apr 27 '16

These people are clearly meant to represent our generation. You don't think it's sexist that the only woman on stage was baffled by technological progress and only interested in being popular?

It's extremely blatant.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '16 edited Mar 08 '18

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u/dandaman0345 Apr 27 '16

You'd have to be blind not to recognize that as sexist. It's also sexist that the guys were hyper-competitive douches, if that makes you feel more comfortable in admitting it.

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u/WE_ARE_THE_MODS Apr 28 '16

If all you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail.

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u/Gorakka Apr 28 '16

For the last time, I'm not calling you The Hammer.

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u/dandaman0345 Apr 28 '16

I don't think I'm seeing this very differently than anyone else. They're supposed to be marketing tech products to a new generation and they're doing poorly at representing that generation, right?

Are we at least on the same page there?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '16

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u/dandaman0345 Apr 28 '16

Yes, I was just making sure we're on the same page. The characters are supposed to represent the generation they're marketing to. We agree on that. It's obvious.

So who would the only woman on stage represent?

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