There’s no such thing as a barber shop anymore. In this spot we’re in a hair salon. But the request by a customer to his stylist to take it all off hearkens back to the olden days of barber shops.
The stylist is distracted for a moment as he goes to get an electric clipper and confirms to the salon’s receptionist that he can schedule a 4 p.m. appointment. He comes back to a full head of hear seated in the chair before him and proceeds to take out a clump from the top. At this point, the camera reveals that he’s buzzed a woman customer–seated to the right of the male who originally asked to have his mane removed.
This more than awkward moment is broken when the hair stylist offers the understandably distressed woman a scratch-off Maryland Lottery game ticket. She immediately brightens and says thanks to the guy who just ruined her appearance.
An end tag carries the slogan, “A little Scratch-off goes a long way.”
Matthew Pittroff of Workingstiff Commercial Film Production, Baltimore, directed and exec produced “Haircut” for agency Eisner Communications, Baltimore. Marsha Derrickson produced for Workingstiff. The DP was Andy Lilien.
The Eisner creative ensemble consisted of creative director/art director/copywriter Mark Rosica, creative director Craig Strydom, executive producer Donna Schoch-Spana and producers Romona Diaz and Gregg Simonton.
Lawrence Young of bicoastal Cosmo Street edited the spot. Online editor/effects artist was Jay Tilin of Riot New York. Colorist was Fergus McCall of The Mill, New York. Audio post mixer/sound designer was Tom Jucarone of Sound Lounge, New Yo
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