Showed my cynical brother the John Cena patriotism ad.

[joshcryer]

At the end he asked where the white guy was because they showed a montage of LGBT, Asian, Latino, AA people.

I rewound the video and pointed to John Cena, you know, the guy narrating over the entire video, the one person with the most screen time of anyone in the ad.

His face flushed.

Thought you guys would get a kick out of that.

[HuckleB]

1. There are plenty of white guys in that video, besides Cena.

[joshcryer]

3. I know.

But he was implying the straight male archetype was missing from the "diversity" montage. There's only one white young man in the end montage (red headed, too). Just watched it again and counted 12 women, 4 men, which probably irked him a bit, too. Thought it was funny he couldn't identify with any of these people, and it played back to John's request to close your eyes and think of the average American.

John Cena fits that archetype he was looking for, and he is the center of the video. It, to me, speaks to a much deeper level of cognitive disconnect that I can't pin down.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. For a point of reference

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/john-cena-defines-patriotism-brilliantly-remarkable-ad-fourth-july-172366

"To love America is to love all Americans."

It's a simple proposition—and an urgent one this Fourth of July, when the U.S. has rarely seemed more divided. And it's delivered in bracing fashion by John Cena, who muses on the meaning of patriotism, and the things should unite rather than divide us, in this remarkable new iteration of R/GA's "Love Has No Labels" campaign for the Ad Council.

As he walks through a typical small American town, talking directly to the camera, the pro wrestler—who's becoming a familiar face in the ad world these days—draws a line in the sand early on. Patriotism isn't just pride in one's country, he says. It's love for it. And loving one's country means embracing who and what the country really is—not what you might picture it to be.

Along the way, this small town turns out to be remarkably diverse—the essence of America itself—as we see citizens who are Latino, LGBT, Muslim, senior citizen, African American, disabled, and so on, all just as American as anyone else. The underlying message: To be a true patriot is to accept all Americans regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or ability.
In short, patriotism is love, Cena says, and love has no labels.

[Person 2713]

5. Still don't know who he is but the link said the music is by Phillip Glass ...Him I know . Good ad!

Yes the haters do not love their country anymore. If fact a lot of them have declared it is not great!!
Thanks for the link
at the end it said share your photos
k&r

[JustAnotherGen]

6. I didn't know who he was either

I'm not big into social media so I miss a lot of references.

[bettyellen]

7. He is hilarious in Trainwreck, you gotta see it Jen! I think he was

A wrestler or mixed martial arts guy but has been doing some acting.

"The boys make the noise!!" Lol.

[underpants]

4. It's great