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What happens when real-life imitates an ad that was supposed to imitate life?
And what if the ad in question already imitated another ad that (sort of) imitated life?
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Remember that controversial, tone-deaf Pepsi ad, in which privileged Kendall Jenner acts as a peacemaker between police and demonstrators by handing a riot cop a can of pepsi?
Well, apparently people took the ad rather literally and threw full Pepsi cans at officers at a May Day protest in Portland: 。
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One hit a medic, according to police: 。
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Earlier in the day, police ignored a (peace-making) effort from an anarchist who offered a cop a Pepsi, just like Kendall: 。
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Police eventually declared the march a riot and canceled its permit at 4:30 p.m. 。
The widely ridiculed Pepsi ad was pulled by Pepsi in April after a massive backlash on social media. 。
Besides all the funny jokes, the ad echoes a 1999 video by the Chemical Brothers for the single "Out of Control," as writer Dorian Lynksey first pointed out on Twitter:
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