American Express recently released a commercial featuring sketch comedian Carrie Brownstein, star of Portlandia, that is basically mocking cardholders.

The ad goes through a serious of “humorous” situations where Carrie is supposed to be showing the viewer how she gets to be whomever she wants to be. As a viewer, we are supposed to understand that by using American Express, we can be whomever we want to be just like Carrie.

But here’s the problem: each character that Carrie role plays is a mockery of real people.

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