Back in October, I had blogged about an awesome Target ad. Well now, I recently saw a pretty awesome CVS ad, with a charismatic Asian American mom with her adorable sons. Maybe this ad is only running in California (I hope not), but it’s great to see more and more Asian Americans being portrayed as All-American! If you didn’t grow up in the Northeast, CVS is a chain of pharmacies that has now expanded out to the West Coast with the recent acquisition of Longs Drugs.
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8 Comments to “All-American Asian Mom in CVS Ad”
johnminh wrote:
Awesome! Too bad this mom doesn’t beatbox. :p
Posted on 14-Nov-09 at 4:55 am | Permalink
Simon Tsui wrote:
Yeah, beatboxing mom! This ad can’t top Target’s.
I haven’t seen this commercial on the east coast yet.
Posted on 14-Nov-09 at 11:49 pm | Permalink
Chuck wrote:
Now all we need is an “All-American Asian Dad” commercial…
Posted on 16-Nov-09 at 2:08 pm | Permalink
John wrote:
@Chuck – that’s coming up soon…
Posted on 16-Nov-09 at 2:52 pm | Permalink
Matt wrote:
BAM!
Beat you to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhZajm0Mos
Posted on 16-Nov-09 at 3:22 pm | Permalink
Kevin wrote:
How is she being portrayed as All-American?
Posted on 16-Nov-09 at 5:47 pm | Permalink
JC wrote:
@Kevin: I guess non-fobby accent, normal clothing, and zero-mention of anything Asian related qualify her as “All American”.
I’m all for commercials like this but I just find it really, really sad that we rejoice when mainstream racist media merely treated us like a normal human being. This only that means the rest of the time, we’re still just ping-pong playing “inscrutable” freaks. Wohoo!
Posted on 16-Nov-09 at 9:12 pm | Permalink
Kevin wrote:
I guess I am just wondering what’s wrong with immigrants and the way the speak or the way they supposedly dress. Speaking with an accent or wearing ‘fobby’ clothing doesn’t really make someone less American. I am not saying you’re saying this, just saying.
Posted on 17-Nov-09 at 11:13 am | Permalink
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