Trevor Noah Weighs In On Pepsi Ad: More Brands Should Be This 'Woke'
The Daily Show wasted no time remarking on the “tone-deaf” Pepsi commercial featuring new spokesperson Kendall Jenner.
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The ad, which was pulled less than 24 hours after its initial release, featured Jenner joining a large group of young protesters, resulting in a police standoff that could only be deescalated by — wait for it — the power of Pepsi. (Yes, really.)
“This is so sad. Once again, we see a Kardashian in a video being put in an awkward position,” Trevor Noah said, alluding to Kim Kardashian’s infamous sex tape.
“Now the whole ad was a little tone deaf, but the part where people really lost it is when Kendall Jenner hands a Pepsi to a police officer in a scene that looked a lot like the iconic image of Ieshia Evans being arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest,” Noah continued. “But to be honest with you guys, I don’t understand why Pepsi got hammered so hard.”
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Noah, of course, was setting up a near-perfect string of branding suggestions for fellow companies that need to get more “woke.”
“Let’s see Coca-Cola address global warming,” he proposed, queuing up a graphic of the Coca Cola polar bear sitting on a melting ice cap. “Let’s have a wedding for Mr. and Mr. Clean.”
Among his other suggestions? Mr. Goodbar rebranding as a “Gender-Fluid Goodbar,” and Crest toothpaste celebrating “black power with a white smile.”
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Press PLAY on the following clip to see more of Noah’s progressive branding ideas, then drop a comment below.
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