What’s more sacred than ice hockey in Canada? Well, maybe not more sacred but a close second would be a stirring rendition of the Canadian national anthem just prior to the face-off of a hockey game in a packed arena.
But in this spot, singer Tony Martin enters the rink, microphone in hand, and croons a rushed version of the anthem. He goes through the song faster than a speeding puck, even walking backwards out of the rink while he’s still singing.
Why? Well, he’s in a hurry to get over to Fallview Casino in Niagara Falls as he’s next seen standing triumphantly in front of a slot machine.
James Rouse of Outsider, Santa Monica, directed the four-spot campaign for Fallview, including “Anthem.” Outsider and Spy Films, Toronto, produced the package for BBDO Toronto.
The BBDO team included chief creative officer Jack Neary, art director Todd Cornelius, copywriter Jamie Marcovitch and producer Sam Benson.
The DP was Barry Parrell. Editor was Brian Wells of School Editing, Toronto.
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold A Law That Could Force TikTok To Shut Down On Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.
Early in arguments that lasted more than two and a half hours, Chief Justice John Roberts identified his main concern: TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance and the parent company's requirement to cooperate with the Chinese government's intelligence operations.
If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to "go dark" on Jan. 19, lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.
At the very least, Francisco urged, the justices should enter a temporary pause that would allow TikTok to keep operating. "We might be in a different world again" after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, also has called for the deadline to be pushed back to give him time to negotiate a "political resolution." Francisco served as Trump's solicitor general in his first presidential term.
But it was not clear whether any justices would choose such a course. And only Justice Neil Gorsuch sounded like he would side with TikTok to find that the ban violates the Constitution.
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