Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt was, current activists say, precisely the opposite of their real-world experience of protesting police brutality. The Pepsi ad plays up the point by having Ms. Jenner’s character arrive at the protest straight from what appears to be a fashion photo shoot. In so doing, the company is positioning Ms. Jenner as a successor to the supermodel Cindy Crawford, who appeared in a famous Pepsi ad in 1992. (“Goals,” Ms. Jenner tweeted last week, with a picture of Ms. Crawford in Pepsi regalia.) Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNor is it the first time Ms. Jenner has, intentionally or not, courted controversy.

Source: New York Times April 05, 2017 15:30 UTC