I don’t care whether Jake is black or white, I just think the commercials are unfunny to a level of cringe.
Pitch men that are geeks are only relatable if they are self aware that they are geeks and try to make it funny.
The black State Farm kid is a geek but he’s not funny. And his voice is terrible for commercials. It’s an unsure of himself sheepish voice. If you do a commercial, it better be a strong voice actor like the black guy that does All State. He’s a strong respectable actor to do insurance commercials.
On my hate scale I’d put these 3 advertising people:
#1. Black Jake from State Farm
#2. The geek from Silicon Valley that did the I think Verizon commercials
#3. The 2 nerdy borderline gay? Middle age white guys on the Sonic commercials
Who do these people appeal to? Woke white liberals and gays? 20% of the population at most?
Dumb