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The commercial opens with clearly Caucasian Clark dressed in Native American face paint and clothing to ask, in broken English, "HOW do I get new
If Johnny Depp's portrayal of Tonto was perceived by some as racist, there's no way Clark was able to pull it off.
But this Native American-themed ad, which is no longer on YouTube, isn't the first of its kind. In fact, Clark has a slew of other ethnically inspired spots that take shots at everyone from Asians to Italian chefs.
Each ends with the gotcha moment that the character wasn't a real Karate master ... it was Charlie Clark all along.
Here's the Tonto ad. The most cringeworthy part might be when a white car dealer uses actual air quotes to say he has no "reservations" about sending him to Charlie Clark Nissan:
Here's the "Karate Kid" ad in which a heavily accented Clark asks dealers to (karate) "chop price."
And then there's the Italian chef who exalts "mmm spicy meatball" whenever he gets excited. It's called Romano Parmigiano:
To keep things fair, Clark also has a white cowboy ad:
Also appearing en español (and with darker hair):