Super Bowl ads 2017
1 The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of American football. It usually attracts the most television viewers of any broadcast of the year, which makes it VERY interesting for advertisers. Companies go all out in producing their ads and they’re almost as fun to watch as the game (or even more so, for those of us who aren’t big football fans).
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2 Against the background of Donald Trump’s recent inauguration, the Super Bowl ads this year seemed to emphasize diversity, equality, immigration and multiculturalism. Budweiser, Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Google, and Audi all ran spots along these lines.
3 The building supplies chain 84 Lumber broadcast a particularly pointed commercial featuring a mother and daughter undertaking an arduous journey to the U.S., only to be temporarily stymied at the border by a wall (reminiscent, of course, of Trump’s proposed barrier). Fortunately, they discover an enormous wooden door in the wall (which, we can only assume, was built with materials from 84 Lumber). Fox, the conservative network which hosted the Super Bowl this year, deemed 84 Lumber’s original version of the ad too controversial. The company chose to show a shortened version during the game, directing viewers to watch the conclusion of the journey on its website. Millions did so, creating so much traffic that the site almost crashed.
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7 Other lighthearted ads included one for Mexican avocados featuring a group of not-very-mysterious cult members, a commercial for hair-care products that takes aim at Trump’s hair, and an energetic spot for Nintendo’s new Switch game console.
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Tom Brady of the New England Patriots celebrates during Super Bowl 51 at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. | Photo: Getty Images
