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MLK on car ads
Ram used a clip from a Martin Luther King Jr. sermon in an ad for a truck, played over a montage of stereotypically patriotic imagery. Here—reportedly another quote taken from the same recording of the same speech—are MLK's thoughts on advertising, superimposed on the same video. Specifically, automobile advertising.
I reckon the agency knew what it was doing. It's not, as Reddit and Twitter generally assumes, a blundering inspirational quote from a freshly-significant historical figure derpily plunked into the Final Cut timeline. These are educated people, plugged into the currents of popular culture, weathervanes of consumer sentiment. It's a reminder of what is owned and by whom. They knew it would upset people. Highlighting division is the point of the ad, which is what makes it so amazing.
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