If anything it shows a reversal in the roles of history. Yes there was slavery, yes Washington owned slaves. These are shameful, painful facts of our nation's history. None the less, the feelings our history cannot change the facts. The commercial is up for interpretation, quite artistic actually. I chose to see it as, look how far we have come. Yes, we still deal with the issue of judgement based on skin pigment to this day...but to take a part of factual history and reverse the roles combined with the nonchalant, laid back persona of lil Wayne and childish, almost ignorant persona of whoever that is playing Washington can make one think for hours- like a good piece of art, it can cause debate. If you find it offensive,I think you need to watch the teasers before judging the main commercial because all encompassing, you may see a different view verses watching just the main commercial.
If anything it shows a reversal in the roles of history. Yes there was slavery, yes Washington owned slaves. These are shameful, painful facts of our nation's history. None the less, the feelings our history cannot change the facts. The commercial is up for interpretation, quite artistic actually. I chose to see it as, look how far we have come. Yes, we still deal with the issue of judgement based on skin pigment to this day...but to take a part of factual history and reverse the roles combined with the nonchalant, laid back persona of lil Wayne and childish, almost ignorant persona of whoever that is playing Washington can make one think for hours- like a good piece of art, it can cause debate. If you find it offensive,I think you need to watch the teasers before judging the main commercial because all encompassing, you may see a different view verses watching just the main commercial.