Snickers has become a mainstay in the Super Bowl landscape. It has especially found its niche with commercials built around someone not being who they truly are when they are hungry. First there was a Betty White playing flag football. Last year there was Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi becoming members of the Brady Bunch.
Super Bowl commercials 2016: Snickers turns Willem Dafoe into a disturbingly brilliant Marilyn Monroe
This year, well, this year there is Willem Dafoe -- the quintessential villain -- playing the role of Marilyn Monroe, white dress and all. On the one hand, I find this to be utterly terrifying, just like the crowd in the commercial. On the other hand, it’s Willem Dafoe as Marilyn Monroe and I want to see where this promo for the real commercial ends up.
Snickers has a fairly high bar to live up to as one of the best Super Bowl commercial producers. This appears to be a promising tease, however, and could once again land the candy bar among the most talked about commercials. At a minimum, it sure looks to be one of the most unique.
