Can I just rant about holiday car commercials for a moment?? We've been watching a lot of Hulu recently and their are 2 commercials that really come across as tone deaf right now.
The first is from Lincoln and there is this well to do woman who comes home to her Architectural Digest home on Christmas morning to find her picture book family (handsome husband, 2 kids and a dog) enjoying their Christmas gifts, but wait - things are getting knocked over by a drone, the dog is barking...so she "flees" back outside to take sanctuary in her $80,000 Lincoln Navigator.
The second is from GMC and this very white, very yuppy looking couple are sitting inside another Architectural Digest home. He's drinking coffee (I'm sure from an expensive coffee machine) and she coyly says that she's done a little shopping..."one for you and one for me" as she drops what looks like matching Apple Watches on the counter. He then says he's done a little shopping, too...leading her out into the driveway to reveal a pair of brand new GMC vehicles. The joke is that she claims the truck for herself.
My god. This country is being ravaged by a pandemic. 1 in 4 children don't know where their next meal is coming from. Millions are facing an uncertain future where they can't pay their mortgage or their rent and where government assistance programs are about to expire. It's going to be a really crappy holiday for many people and yet...