While on the other hand, those who were upset by the ads perceived tone deafness couldn’t believe that the ad made it all the way to air.
We assume most everybody at Pepsi had a look similar to this after the commercial was released.
If they had it’s unlikely the commercial would have been made in the way it was.
The sketch really focuses on the controversy of the ad by simply pointing out that it was very unlikely that any conversations like the ones in the sketch ever actually happened.