Audi Made One Hell of an Entertaining Ad for Tonight's Debate That Everyone Will Love

A much more enjoyable 'Duel'

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There’s one thing almost everyone watching Monday night’s first presidential debate will be able to agree on—that this new Audi commercial, “Duel,” airing during the telecast, is a brilliant bit of perfectly timed entertainment.

It would give away too much to reveal the identities of the couple who first appear, exhausted and disheveled, on the floor of a ballroom—having apparently crashed through the skylight above and on to a giant seafood buffet. The action then proceeds all in reverse, showing the man and woman’s War of the Roses-like battles, scene by scene—hurtling headlong toward the initial moment of conflict.

Before reading further, check out the spot, by Venables Bell & Partners, here:

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