Cure Awkardness with Chicken?

I suppose cultural relativism would apply here, but as a black man, I can't help but feel a bit turned off by this. If you played this commercial in the United States, would it be a hit, or would Al Sharpton be protesting in seconds? Not that I'm some racist-sniffing do-gooder, but I wonder if the black community in Australia is at all offended. I suppose awkwardness is just skin deep down under...