All kinds of people are worked up this week with VW’s “racist” Super Bowl ad “Get Happy.” Somehow, someone got in their crazy skull that white people are uptight and often turn to reggae to mellow out. That’s crazy– I thought every college kid in America had a Bob Marley poster on their wall because they’re secretly devoted to Haile Selassie (who’s that you ask? exactly.)
Well done VW. If you’re gonna go balls out, how’s about you unleash the Beetle from the stereotype that is for 60s nostalgic-hippies and Paxil-popping menopausal women only? What gives me that idea? I dunno, last time I checked Marco Andretti didn’t have a flower vase in his Indycar– or any other car for that matter. And as recently as this year’s LA car show, you were using this nauseating chic propaganda to sell one of the world’s most iconic rides:
Here in LA, the bug is for everyone, whether you’re two-toned:
Or you like to go topless:
Whether you’re handicapped:
Or you’re bustin’ caps:
Not only do we pimp them out, but we even grow hair on its chest:
So let’s burn your bra and give the Beetle back to the people.