Whittaker's spot mixes race, sex, chocolate

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Auckland ad shop Assignment blends eroticism and chocolate—which usually mix well, at least in my daydreams and on pay-per-view—into an unappetizing mess in this Whittaker's Ghana Peppermint commercial. A black guy dives into a pool of white glop (presumably mint), while a white gal splashes around in dark chocolate. They emerge looking as if they've fallen into vats of industrial waste. That guy looks completely zombified. Then, they wipe the goop off each other's bodies for a taste.

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