‘Using a specific ratio of Asian people to Black people to Women to White men…’
Something fun that I posted on the ADCO blog earlier…
An explanation, from AdWeek:
Well, this is hilarious on a few different levels.
Stock video provider Dissolve has taken the text of Kendra Eash’s brilliant advertising takedown, “This Is a Generic Brand Video,” originally published by McSweeney’s, and set it to actual stock video clips.
The company explains: “The minute we saw Kendra Eash’s brilliant ‘This Is a Generic Brand Video’ on McSweeney’s, we knew it was our moral imperative to make that generic brand video so. No surprise, we had all the footage.”
The results, narrated by Dallas McClain, are outstanding. You’ve seen all of this footage in ads from major brands. It’s everywhere. And it’s great that a stock video house would so gleefully celebrate the soul-sucking manipulations for which its offerings are generally used.
Watch below, and have a great self-hating rest of your afternoon.
Be sure to adjust the setting to HD 1080, in order to fully enjoy the empty experience of viewing Dissolve’s awesome stock footage:
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Cats. They left out happy cats running through the house.
Naw, a golden retriever puppy.
Well, actually, the cats are a different genre. I just love the cats, though.
I bet the voiceover was Sam Elliott, the Stranger from The Big Lebowski….
Absolutely hilarious! I’d hire this firm!
You can’t beat Sam Elliott saying, “There are a shitload of people in the world. Especially in India…”
But in truth, it’s not Sam Elliott. It’s Dallas McClain, who says of himself, “Many say my voice is a dead ringer for Sam Elliott…” No kidding…
But just as an extra treat on a cold day… “The Dude abides…“