Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
#1Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:30pm
I LOVE this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOyMSEWNTs&feature=
#2re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:33pmWow! That has left me speechless! Gotta love the south!
#2re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:43pm
Me too mom. I mean, there is so much to say about it, but I just can't believe what I saw.
I did love the comment: "What? Asians aren't welcome?", or something like that.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#3re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:46pmIt doesn't happen often, but I am truly speechless.
#4re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:49pm
I had to read the side to make sure it was not a parody.I think the acting is fantastic!Can't wait to see their production of Macbeth!
Who else has that music in their head?
#5re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/24/09 at 7:08pm
I'm white...and can't believe what I just saw....At the RED HOUSE!
#6re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 2:40pmall they needed to add was "This mattress, good for White people, but not for Black People.... naw I'm kidding for Black People Too!" and it would seem like an SNL skit! Why did I think WIll Forte while watching this?
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#7re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 2:43pmCome on, there is no way that this is real.
#8re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 2:52pm
That was amazing! The handshakes...
I'm a white woman, and I love the Red House.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#9re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 2:52pmYeah, I don't believe this is real. It was made by some guys who make silly YouTube videos (the guys singing the song). Definitely not real.
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#10re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 5:57pm
I can't get this incredibly catchy song out of my head.
I'm a white person and I liked this song...and so would a black person.
#11re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 6:16pmJudas and Parks, don't ruin this for us! It's like Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny...I know it's probably not real, but I need to believe for my own entertainment.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#12re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 6:18pm
I'm Southern, and I've never seen anything like that in my whole damn Southern life.
For those naysayers there is a Red House furniture store in High Point, North Carolina.
#13re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 7:06pm
This commercial IS REAL! Rad the side bar. Check out the website
http://www.redhousefurniture.com/
We produced this commercial for Red House Furniture as part of our web series, "Custom-built, Micro-Budget Commercials for MicroBilt Customers". Thanks to all of the guys at Red House for being such great sports. Help em out by referring a friend in the High Point NC area, or drop by the store yourself to meet Richard, Johnny, and the gang!
To address the controversy around this video: We knew this video was going to be controversial. Anytime race is discussed in any capacity, controversy ensues. The racial reconciliation concept was a joint effort between the Red House staff and us. They pointed out the fact that their employees and customer base were like the "Rainbow Coalition", and we thought something with a comical racial reconciliation theme would be fun, as well as a conversation starter.
For those of you who think this video is racist, we'd like you to distinguish between "racist" and "racial". Racism is "hatred or intolerance of another race or other races." Racial is "of, relating to, or based on a race". This video is very obviously racial as opposed to racist. This video doesn't promote or feature hatred or intolerance. Rather, it's the very opposite. This commercial promotes inclusion and reconciliation, if not in a comical way. To point out the obvious, the irony in this video is that it's completely ridiculous for people to relate furniture to their race. People of all colors are welcome at the Red House, which is something that is taken for granted today, but there was a time in the not-so-recent past during which things as simple as a water fountain were NOT for everyone.
If Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, or Dave Chappelle for that matter, were to address racial issues in a comical way (something that they all do VERY regularly), they would have pushed the envelope MUCH further.
Discussing race in the US is taboo. It always makes people feel uncomfortable. We think it's a shame that someone saying "I'm white" or "I'm black" creates such a stir. There are real cultural identities within different people groups, and these things should be celebrated and embraced, not swept under the rug.
This video is an attempt to use humor to spark a discussion about race issues, because we still have a long way to go.
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#14re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 7:21pmThat statement is on the YouTube page. I could make make a video of me dancing to If U Seek Amy and say it's from the Britney Spears concert...
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#15re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/25/09 at 8:55pm
The guy who says "I'm white and I love the Red House" (in orange) looks very familiar, like an actor but I can't pin what movie he showed up in.
I don't care if it's real or not, it's entertaining!
#16re: Strangest Commercial you will see this year.
Posted: 4/27/09 at 1:59pmoh my god....and yet another reason to stay away from the South...now listen to my story bout a man named Jed....oh wait, a man named Big Head......
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