
Judging by our coverage of Heath Ledger’s death, clearly we’re not sensitive people. But even we were a little offended by the Salesgenie.com ad during the Super Bowl that featured pandas speaking with Asian accents.
The accents weren't inaccurate; they were just tasteless and unamusing.
The writer of the ad Vinod Gupta, who happens to the CEO of Salesgenie’s parent company, said he would remove the spot due to complaints. But he still defended himself, saying, “The pandas are Chinese. … They don’t speak German.”
That other vaguely offensive for Salesgenie spot featured a salesman named Ramesh with an Indian accent will keep continue to air because there were fewer complaints.
That attitude sort of makes Gupta that Mitt Romney of advertising: He’ll do whatever offends people the least.
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