Anyone know who did those new Best Buy Maytag ads? Really tone deaf. An overly enthusiastic black worker helping white people with money find new appliances? The whole campaign is that

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Best Buy took all of their work in-house last year. But to be fair, every single one of their ads is an overly enthusiastic person in a blue shirt saying dumb stuff to poorly casted customers.

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I'm genuinely curious as to why you believe that is tone deaf.

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