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White men can dance?

7 Jul 2004 14:317 commentsBizLike
Greg Gray of Velocity Films has delivered another edgy piece of cinematography with the new Sprite commercial directed for agency Ogilvy & Mather RSTM.
The ad is a clever portrayal of young white boys pretending to have grown up in the "hood" and acting like the archetypal rappers but not quite cutting it. The big clothes, big car and bling bling is made all the more transparent by their bad ass rapping.

We then cut to the real "rappers" leaning on their graffiti turf looking big, mean and smooth whilst checking the pseudos out and having a chuckle at them with Sprite's payoff line "See through it".


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pope3
Hello...you are in RSA not USA-
Unless you are into hip-hop or have lived in the Bronx, you won't understand that ad. I blame the agency. Posted on 8 Jul 2004 16:33
Boris
Crap-
This ad reflects a lame agency short on real ideas, and unfortunately, an even lamer client, short on suss.

it's also a stolen idea - smirnoff ice did it in the US over a year ago.

then again, how many ad's are truly original? Posted on 8 Jul 2004 17:07
j
watchable-
beautifully shot, greg, nice one. Posted on 9 Jul 2004 08:47
Mapule
Edgy?-
Hardly edgy more like tired, why do we always have to emulate Americans, what do WE do back here in SA that could have atleast been potrayed. All agencies seem to aspire to be americans. chicken licken, hansa pilsener to name but a few all have voice overs in american accents and american culture now Sprite is boring us to death,get a life people you are in Mzantsi.I'm young and open minded but this has really gone too far. Posted on 9 Jul 2004 16:06
PickyNicky
IS edgy-
This ad is well shot & well acted. If the idea was stolen, well they've done a good job with it. & it's bullshit that you have to be into hip-hop to understand it, I'm not black but I got the tokolosh reference in the oil ad - you just need some general knowledge & to have seen a few music videos! Posted on 28 Jul 2004 11:37
Falco Gaamangwe
Give peace a dance-
Well, Iam black and proud too, but multiculturalism is one of those issues we need to face,criticism mean great work bros. Posted on 30 Jul 2004 18:59
weird-al
Fat-
This ad is top notch.
The art direction is fantastic.
nice ice trick Posted on 6 Aug 2004 09:52
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