Axe: Clean your balls

[Social Gent]

Here is the commercial:

Now, pay notice to 0:05 and 0:25...
Is it me, or is it just coincidence that it's two white chicks talking about cleaning balls, and it's two black guys who perk up and are all interested?
Also worth mention, in a commercial that is proverbially talking about a man cleaning their balls, why is it that they only show (though there are a couple people around but no visibility) two black guys like they are the ones who need to clean their balls.

I'm just saying, am I the only one who caught this???
Any bets on how long it takes for this commercial to get cut from every station except SpikeTV?

 

[Keebler Elf]

You must be black...

And looking for racism lurking under every rock...

 

[simon482]

classic example of people looking for things that just don't exist. not everything is racist or hateful or anything that the mass population wants them so desperately to be. the pussification of the world continues.

 

[sabu69]

I like the disclaimer/ warning to 'take care when using on sensitive areas'!
Sorry SG... it appears you were 'duked' by editing... The full ad is rich with stereotypes so I don't think you have a case here. It only 'APPEARS' to be racist through editing! Of course I wouldn't have said that if I hadn't seen the full ad!

Actually they might be trying to hit a certain target market (hence the brothas) & upon further review... is it the same guy?

 

[Social Gent]

Well, I didn't see the whole ad. I'm just going by the one that has been featured predominantly on SpikeTV - a television station that's target audience is "Caucasian males from 18 to 35".

And no, I'm not black. I'm very white. I just found it extremely coincidental and odd, that is all.

 

[Rixon]

I just saw that commercial for the first time last night and it was the short version.

When you see a 0.5 second shot of a person, is colour one of the immediate things that you identify? You seem very colour focused.

After the commercial I wouldn't have been able to tell you the colour of the 0:05 guy.

I thought it was hilarious when the guy said "what about my ball sack" and that is what I took from the whole commercial. Comedy.