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Originally Posted by Rocco Augusto
Whether you love Microsoft or hate Microsoft I think it is safe to assume that everyone will love on camera Bill Gates - he is hilarious.
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No, that is not a safe assumption.
Mr. Gates is not hilarious, in my opinion. When I see him acting, he makes me feel uncomfortable for him. I think that it was a colossal blunder to throw him into an ad designed to change the image of Microsoft. Really, the solution was to use anyone but Bill Gates, wasn't it? Perhaps the length of this first ad was a factor and we will see how the future ads come across, but this one was chock full of nothing. Self-deprecation, and somewhat witty yet otherwise random statement made by Seinfeld are not good enough.
I wonder if the ad company wanted Bill Gates to do this, or if that was a criterion for their hiring. I guess, on the other hand, it is reassuring to see someone like Rocco who likes Mr. Gates' acting, because this at least gives me the impression that he, as opposed to I, was the target audience.