Last but not least: IS that in bad taste?

It's a scene we've seen (at least it feels like) hundreds of times in Hollywood movies: A father takes his daughter to the airport and sends her off not only on her first trip to Europe or to college far away, but into adult life. Letting go is the motto. Last good advice, shed a few tears, don't forget to call, be brave... and goodbye.

A theme that Toyota has staged emotionally, patriotically and with a surprising twist for this year's Superbowl commercial...

...and which is now being satirized bitterly by the American cult show "Saturday Night Live" with actor Taran Killam and "50 Shades of Grey" star Dakota Johnson.

"ISIS - We'll take it from here Dad" ("We'll take it from here, Dad") is the message in the supposed commercial for the terrorist organization Islamic State. The terrorist responds to the request to take good care of his daughter with a caring "Death to America".

Toyota is probably not very happy about the version, which is spreading faster than the original with over 620,000 clicks in 24 hours: Toyota pick-ups can be seen in most of the pictures of the atrocity organization - PR that the car manufacturer would probably be only too happy to do without as an exception. For this reason, Toyota has deliberately made the lettering on the loading area of its Hilux model much smaller. The Hilux is considered to be one of the most robust pickups around and is therefore driven all over the world. Even by people with whom one would not really want to be associated, but who are nevertheless constantly shown in the media.

The clip has already sparked a fierce debate online and caused a shitstorm of major proportions for actress Johnson. In America in particular, many people seem to be of the opinion that IS slapstick crosses every boundary of good taste. Nevertheless, the majority of YouTube viewers seem to think that there are far more inappropriate ways to counter the unbearable cruelty than humor. (hae)