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    Posted: 26 Jun 2012 at 7:35pm
I cannot find a video for it. But I have been seeing it on TV lately. It has two women in it having lunch. One is texting on an old cell phone. She mentions that her phone is sooo old and then complains about 4G being so expensive. The 4 Genie then pops up and magically changes her old cell phone into an Android. When her friend starts to mention anything, the 4 Genie stops her. 

Now I am not racist, but her white friend was trying to say something and she gets interrupted. To me, it is just saying that Boost Mobile is for black people.

PS. I know that is not how they intended it, but I cannot help but to think that

PPS. Again I am not racist.
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The commercial just says that Boost mobile is ghetto. lol. 
And I hate how they try to make a catch-phrase out of what the genie says: "cracka-lacka-sham!".
You know someone in a board room was like, "Let's have the genie say this!! I bet kids will be saying it to each other on the streets! We're so cool!" and then started high-fiving his coworkers. 
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"I heard that!"    
 
Why didn't they also have the guy say "Now, looky here!"?
 
 
 
d4everman posted the commercial in another thread.  Here 'tis.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:

d4everman posted the commercial in another thread.  Here 'tis.

Thor, I swear I searched all over the forums, trying to find a thread and/or video.
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In some years, I imagine this will used to show the epitome and extremism of this bizarre and strange reverse-racism-type treatment of white people in commercials.
 
I wouldn't have minded any of this if not for the rude way they refuse to let that woman talk. I also notice that towards then end she's starting to ask if SHE gets a phone, and that's when both the woman AND the 'genie' shut her up.
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Originally posted by JimAyzing JimAyzing wrote:

Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:

d4everman posted the commercial in another thread.  Here 'tis.

Thor, I swear I searched all over the forums, trying to find a thread and/or video.


 
That's 'cuz it didn't have its own thread, and there was no mention of the product in the post.  I simply remember the video being posted (in the Golden Corral thread).
 
 
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Originally posted by Codtaro Codtaro wrote:

 
I wouldn't have minded any of this if not for the rude way they refuse to let that woman talk. I also notice that towards then end she's starting to ask if SHE gets a phone, and that's when both the woman AND the 'genie' shut her up.


That is what I am talking about. She wants a new phone, but keeps getting interrupted when she is asking
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Same thing with the Radio Shack ads, Some big black dude telling me what gizmo to buy.
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Whenever I see him, I always think of this:



Now, he's a 4genie.
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I loved the scene when he came by in the Ice Cream Truck.

What you want?
What you got?
BOY WHAT THE F**K YOU WANT????

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Originally posted by insanity213 insanity213 wrote:

I loved the scene when he came by in the Ice Cream Truck.

What you want?
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BOY WHAT THE F**K YOU WANT????

LOL




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I may be wrong here and I'm going to research this further, But I am pretty sure from examining that commercial many times that the white lady if actually a really light skinned black woman. I gt full blooded black cousins in my family as light as her. If you look closely, there is an odd tone to her skin. She may even be mixed, but I think she got some black in her, and not in a dirty way.
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Her name is Roberta Valderrama. She is a Peruvian comedian/actress from Miami. Sorry, but she's not white, and the commercial must be racist against Latin Americans, not whites. Besides, she's a comedian. Sh's in on the joke. Just ask Mencia.
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Actually the "white girl" that is being referenced in that commercial is not white at all. She is a very light skinned black girl. So there is no reverse racism going on or anything like that.
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Oh never mind. Peruvian. I should have spotted that myself!
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No matter what the race of the other female in the ad is, this is still an awful commercial.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force got paid to make fun of the fact that Boost targets the urban market.

http://vimeo.com/979171
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