Guy talk crosses the line, taking a bit too kinky of a turn in this spot directed by Henry Littlechild of Outsider, London, for Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, London. Actually the conversation is a bit one sided as two young gents walk across the street from a building to a parked car.
One bloke says to his buddy, “Bumped into your little sister the other day. She’s certainly grown up.”
As they sit down in the front seats of the convertible, the man continues to express carnal admiration for his pal’s sister. “Couldn’t help noticing she’d blossomed.”
The other man, seated behind the wheel of the car, remains silent but you can tell he’s peeved to say the least. Remaining oblivious to this is the first guy who keeps on going: “I know she’s your sister but I would.”
Still, no response from the other guy–that is until his jackass friend goes too far. “Kind of reminds me of your mom,” he says.
At that point, the driver pushes an ejector seat button, catapulting his “buddy” into oblivion and out of view.
A voiceover then tells us about InGear, a new section in the London Sunday Times, which covers everything from cars to gadgets–including that ejector seat option that could come in handy some day.
Toby Courlander executive produced for Outsider, with Paul McPadden serving as producer. Tat Radcliffe was the DP.
The agency team consisted of creative directors Rainey Kelley and Campbell Roalfe, art director Rob Messeter, copywriter Mike Crowe and producer Danielle Sandler.
Editor was David Freemantle of Chop, London. Colorist/Flame artist was David Cox via Chop. And Cox was a visual effects artist via London effects house Baraka. Audio post mixer/sound designer was Chris Turner of Jungle, London.
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.
Gorsuch labeled arguments advanced by the Biden administration' in defense of the law a... Read More