Modeling clay soothes the old antagonisms

German ad agency Scholz & Friends has gone all political on us with this campaign for Becks modeling clay, a kind of European Play-Doh. Using the slogan "Let the kids build a better world," the ads featuring cool clay dioramas showing unlikely friendships: Jews and Arabs re-enacting Saturday Night Fever and a Klansman wooing a black woman. See larger images here. We like the work, but shouldn't it be a neo-Nazi holding those flowers? Oh, but that would cross a line.