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While watching The Amazing Race on my DVR, I had to quickly rewind to see what I thought I had seen. Target has done it again, this time with a new television commercial featuring an all Asian American cast featuring an over-protective mom named Wendy as she keeps an eye on her teenage daughter and her new boyfriend. I really hope this ad is airing in other markets besides the Bay Area and California, as I find them so refreshing, especially after those recent commercials from MetroPCS and Radio Shack.
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They're being shown in the Northeast.
Lol @ "I really hope this ad is airing in other markets besides the Bay Area and California".
NY > CA.
It suggest that there's a way to appear, sound or act American.
In what way, jameswoods9?
I think the term "All-American" is problematic.
Hey! This aired in NY too! Well to be specific, Long Island. Funny/awesome commercial.
Cool just saw this a few minutes ago, the lady reminds me of the Piama character from the "Malcom in the Middle" TV show, not sure if it's her though...
What a great commercial--it rings true.
Yeah, it brought tears to my eyes too. Damn, they're getting really good at pulling the ol' heartstrings. Great to see some of the Asian-Canadian immigrant experience in commercials.
Goddamn it, now I'm a blubbering mess after watching the Tim Horton's commercial.
I've always loved this Tim Horton's commercial featuring a Chinese family.
It's a few years old, probably aired only in Canada:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QINv6rebyTU
Hahaha! This is really funny! The mother is indeed taking it too much! Very fresh idea for a commercial. :)
I've seen this commercial too! The role of the classic over protective mom was played very well. Great to see that Target has come up with a different concept for their ads.
I went to the electronic section in Target Greatland in the East Bay while searching for that new game, Heavy Rain for PS3 and when I passed through the glass case I found it! Though it wasn't on sale, sadly. Instead I just looked at it through the glass case. After about 30 seconds, I moved over to the clearance section to rummage through some discounted stuff. When I turned around, they were playing this exact same commercial on their HD TV displays! Then I was like, OMG I wonder if 8Asians knows about this because they always have great posts on AA/PI's in everyday consumable media. Sure enough a few a days later its here!
I ended up buying an electric toothbrush, but that has nothing to do with this post.
It is! I'm in Boston, and while I usually use my DVR to skip over the ads, I went back and found this one, about 13 minutes into last Sunday's Amazing Race. The "daughter" actress looked like she might even be Filipina, which is exciting to me as a mixed-race Filipina-American.
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