
Nike is using the Academy Awards Sunday to push a new female-focused “Just Do It” spot. The 90-second video is the latest iteration of the sportswear giant’s “Dream Crazy” campaign, which was first unveiled by Colin Kaepernick last fall in honor of the 30th anniversary of the “Just Do It” tagline.
The new spot, narrated by Serena Williams, is called “Dream Crazier.” Nike blasted the message to its NikePlus members via email on Sunday afternoon, with the spotis scheduled to run during the Oscars that evening. In the clip, Williams speaks about the head-shaking dismissiveness female athletes regularly enduremany of those who have broken barriers in sports have been called “crazy.”
“If we show emotion, we’re called dramatic. If we want to play against men, we’re nuts,” she says, noting other words such as “delusional,” “unhinged,” “hysterical,” and “irrational.” Williams concludes the commercial with, “So if they want to call you crazy, fine. Show them what crazy can do.” Text then appears on the screen, “It’s only crazy until you do it. Just do it.”
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