I am a fan of the New England Patriots, the Boston Red Sox, the Maryland Terrapins, and the Catholic University Cardinals. All that being said, neither I nor anybody in my family would take offense if the fan of an opposing team showed up wearing the colors of that team.*
The people in this ad act like members of a cult, and the first thought that crossed my mind when watching it was why didn't the girl warn her boyfriend in advance that her entire family were a bunch of intolerant loons who had taken a blood pledge to a college in North Carolina? My second thought was, why didn't Allstate go all out and push the envelope, portraying
....the reaction of a Sunni family to the boyfriend showing up wearing a yarmulke? Or
....the reaction of a Jehovah's Witness family to the boyfriend showing up with a birthday cake? Or
....the reaction to a Sane, Tolerant family to the boyfriend showing up wearing a MAGA hat?
But I keep going back to my original question: Did the girlfriend not know that her boyfriend went to Duke? Wouldn't that come up in a conversation at some point? Is this a Montague-Capulet deal? Why was the guy blindsided like this?
Also, isn't the No-Longer-Potential-Life-Partner-Because-He-Went-To-The-Wrong-School-in-NC far better off? I thought the families in the Dr. Pepper Fansville commercials were nuts. Oh wait- is this a crossover?
*Unless they show up wearing a Yankees cap. I mean, we all have limits.
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