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Commentary: The 5 greatest Super Bowl commercials of modern times

It's been more than two decades that I've been reviewing Super Bowl commercials for the Chicago Tribune, I was a little surprised to realize the other day.

That's a whole lot of seeing guys getting hit in the crotch to sell snack chips. That's many minutes of women first being paraded in swimsuits and, more recently, told they have the power to change the world. That's a lot of shiny new sedans rolling down suburban streets and past amber fields filled with shimmering waves of grain.

Don't even get me started on the

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