SNL Sketch About 'The One Black Guy In Every Commercial' Is Uncomfortably Close To The Truth

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SNL Sketch About 'The One Black Guy In Every Commercial' Is Uncomfortably Close To The Truth

Jim Edwards
Feb. 12, 2013, 9:25 AM

This weekend, Saturday Night Live regular Kenan Thompson did a Weekend Update bit as "Corey," "the one black guy in every commercial."

Corey's life consists playing drums at Venice Beach, DJing, and partying with "Hispanic girls with bangs and thrift-store outfits, and white guys who dance while wearing fedoras!"

He also notes, "This year I was in 14 commercials and I was also the one black guy in a college brochure!"

Jamison Reeves / YouTube

Jamison Reeves

If any of this sounds familiar, or even looks familiar, that's because it is. There is, in fact, an actor whose life is astonishingly like that lived by "Corey."

His name is Jamison Reeves, and prior to 2010 he did 14 commercials in one year, and has done more than 40 over his career. He told Adweek's Barbara Lippert that he always gets booked as "a non-threatening entity":

"I'm the quirky guy with the glasses. Not the guy who's going to be in a fight. I seem like the type guys want to hang out with. I'm the one acceptable black friend."

He's done work for Bud Light, Time Warner, Honda and State Farm. Currently, his LinkedIn profile lists him as a session director at Mimi Webb Miller Casting, and he also coaches others on how to book commercials and other auditions.

The ad business is often accused of being racist, and Reeves' career is in some ways the anecdotal proof: How else to explain why, with thousands of other black actors available for work, one man booked all that work with the same look and the same style?

[willyd]

You are exactly correct. From their perspective, if a black person is President in a movie, it is only when that role isn’t leading.

They play the boss when that role isn’t leading either (The Office).

They can play a leading man dating a white woman ... but only when they are teaching that woman to dance.

I can see their side as well... but you can’t have it both ways.

You can’t say that more roles is racist and less roles is also racist as there are no non-racist outcomes possible.

[rcrngroup]

Every time I see a black person, I see an Obama voter. It’s statistically accurate. To further complicate things, I can reasonably conclude that the black person is either dumb as a post, or racist. Those are the only two reasons to vote for a man who did a terrible job.

My extreme dislike for Obama now colors my interaction with those people.

Ditto! You the nail on the head. Everytime I see a black, no matter whether they call themselves a "Christian" or not, I see a 98% likelihood that they voted for the RAT bastard commie muslim pig 0dumb0. My cousin is a Coach Tony Dungy fan, when the Colts won Super Bowl XLI, because Tony Dungy was supposed to be a "born again Christian". I remind my cousin that Dungy came out firmly in favor of 0dumb0 in both 2008 & 2012 elections. My retort to my cousin, is "how can Dungy claim to be a born again Christian, and votes for a commie muslim pig like 0dumb0 who supports killing babies in the womb, supports gay marriage, is a radical muslim supporter, hates Christianity & hates White people?"

There are the 2% blacks that I am firmly in favor of..... Thomas Sowell, Star Parker, Col Allen West, Dr Benjamin Carson, etc. Basically those who have clearly repudiated the socialist, welfare-entitlements, plantation philosophy of the democRAT party.

[OldPossum]

In real life, I have almost never seen a group of people out in public with a token black "friend."

This is something that I have pointed out to the wife. I said this is totally unrealistic. I've never seen a bunch of white guys with a black guy or two.

[upcountryhorseman]

What about all those commercials that have only black people. I think I don’t need to buy that product because
it’s only for black people.

[Chickensoup]

One thing I have always noticed is that ads always portray actors and models that look like the current commander in chief. Always. There were bill clinton lookalikes, many Obama look alikes some Bush look alikes and many Reagan look alikes too

[Old Sarge]

I can reasonably conclude that the black person is either dumb as a post, or racist.

Or both.

My extreme dislike for Obama now colors my interaction with those people.

My loathing of the illegitimate, bisexual, Marxist Kenyan Muslim Usurper and "his people" now requires medication.

Having a handgun thrust into my breastbone by one of "his people" colors my perspective, as well.

[Road Glide]

“SNL Sketch About ‘The One Black Guy In Every Commercial’ Is Uncomfortably Close To The Truth”

The best response — tune it out.

I watch next-to-no television. Only programs are Jeopary and Wheel Of Fortune (my friend calls these “the old-people shows).

When the commercials come on, I hit the mute button (and check the laptop).

When these programs are over, I turn the televsion off and go back upstairs to the Mac…

I also DVR old movies, and a few other programs from years ago (some old Twilight Zones). But that’s it.

The “brown skin worship” is just a part of it.
Nevertheless, I can’t see why anyone else would want to look at a tv anymore.

Why do YOU?

[MrB]

Not sure that 0bama inspired this animosity,
he just made it OK to show it.

[Vaduz]

Not in prisons

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Plus those blacks in ads are inevitably portrayed as calm, measured, intelligent, in a position of authority and often instructing the whites. The whites are portrayed as silly, bungling, stupid and in need of guidance.

What one will not see is a Detroit street Negro, a black shoplifting, attending a sale of Nike sport shoes, etc. etc.

Advertisements are no longer designed to create a desire for a product, but as a propaganda device. Blame those members of that civilization in control of public opinion.

[Verginius Rufus]

There were some commercials for some eye drops which used to be shown constantly which had only women in the commercials (including the eye doctor). The conclusion I drew from the commercials is that it’s for an eye problem that only affects women.

[PapaBear3625]

Over in the UK and Europe, they have "National Union of Journalists", which have similar Code of Conduct pages, which include:

9 Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a person’s age, gender, race, colour, creed, legal status, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Similarly, at the International Federation of Journalists:

7. The journalist shall be aware of the danger of discrimination being furthered by the media, and shall do the utmost to avoid facilitating such discrimination based on, among other things, race, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinions, and national or social origins.

Journalists are FORBIDDEN to produce material that would give readers a negative opinion of somebody in a "protected class".

[yarddog]

I just turned on the TV to watch the local news at 12.

First thing up is the Walton County Sheriff’s dept. had solved a cold case murder.

Sure enough, the two victims were an attractive looking White couple. The suspect, well you already know.

Apparently nothing more than robbery was the motive.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

On TV Blacks are the smartest most talented of all, always smarter than any white man. According to Tv they are 33& if not more of the population. They never commit crimes or are anything but intercultural types—like doctors or insurance agents—I guess the not so bright ones become cops or mailmen. This is a Liberal Fantasyland—not the world as it is but as they believe it is.

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"On TV Blacks are the smartest most talented of all, always smarter than any white man. According to Tv they are 33& if not more of the population. They never commit crimes or are anything but intercultural types—like doctors or insurance agents—I guess the not so bright ones become cops or mailmen. This is a Liberal Fantasyland—not the world as it is but as they believe it is."

The FBI says that Blacks, at just under 13% of the population, commit 46% of all crimes in the country.

[dfwgator]

The FBI says that Blacks, at just under 13% of the population, commit 46% of all crimes in the country.

"Thank God we got penitentiaries." - Richard Pryor

[ro_dreaming]

During “A” and “C” school in my Navy days, I was the token “white” friend; going to many of the “black bars” or “brother’s bars”. One time, it was straight out of a movie, the DJ just quit spinning... totally. It was hilarious.

I’ve dated Aussie Aborigine, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Caucasian, and they’re all the same to me. Women. Skin color is just a paint job; what matters is under the hood, so to speak.