Video of the Day: Weird fake Nike ad about China 'sweatshops'

Found this bizarre video over at CSR Asia. It's patterned after a real Nike ad (the one where the guys do all the ball-handling drills to drum-corps-like beats) but the actors are wearing strange masks (kind of like these sculptures) and then it cuts to Crank Yankers-esque puppets working at sewing machines while getting whipped by their bosses.

Here's what CSR's Stephen Frost had to say:

It’s a pretty slick production, and although I know nothing about the production details (when it was made, who made it, etc) I do know it bears little resemblance to China or Chinese factories. Very weird…

Indeed.

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