It’s pretty common for major corporations to go for the shock factor with their videos. “Whatever it takes to get that baby, viral!” says the soulless marketing exec. But this ad felt like more of a dream. The sort of dream you have after someone slips you a quaalude.
Shaq, Eli, Apolo, Venus: But Seriously, What The Hell Is Going On Here?
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↵Maybe it’s the music, what with the non-stop refrain of the letters “D-S-R-L” looped in the background, just to screw with our reality. Maybe it’s the outfits. Or the black-and-white double stuff Oreos, which are totally something that would randomly show up in my dreams. Maybe it’s the moment when Eli Manning drops back to throw a Hail Mary to Shaq with a basketball. Or maybe it’s the giant Oreo mascot lurking in the background throughout.
↵It could be any number of things that account for this commercial’s utter insanity. Take solace, though. It would have been a whole lot worse if this cast collaborated to make a sextape.











