A man reads the new Orange County Post as he stands in front of a dry cleaner’s counter, with rack of clothes behind him. He notes that the O.C. Post “cut the news to fit my life” and then asks himself, “What else could be cut to fit my life?”
The rack of clothes parts to reveal a stage on which a very abridged stage production of Romeo and Juliet plays out, going from beginning to final daggar scene in a matter of seconds, to the standing ovation of an appreciative crowd, including the O.C. Post-reading man who sheds a few tears.
An OC Post newspaper banner appears, accompanied by the slogan, “Cut to fit your life.”
“Romeo and Juliet” is one of two spots directed by Michael Chaves, of Backyard, Venice, Calif., for agency DGWB, Santa Ana. The other ad, “Salon,” shows a woman getting the full beauty shop treatment, including a new cut short hairstyle, in a matter of seconds.
The DGWB contingent included agency president Mike Weisman, creative directors Dave Schwartz and Joe Cladis, art director Stan Chow, copywriter Kim Kohatsu and producer Laura Morris.
Backyard’s Blair Stribley and Kris Mathur exec produced for Chaves, with Peter Steinzeig serving as head of production and Anton Maillie as producer. The DP was Eric Steelberg.
Aaron Orton of DGWB was the editor. Colorist was Bob Curreri of The Syndicate, Santa Monica, with Liza Kerlin producing. Audio post mixer was Jeff Fuller of Eleven, Santa Monica. Sound designer was Steve Lustig of bicoastal/international Amber Music.
Principal actors were Terrance Rotolo, Robert Shapin, Daniel Forcey and Meghan Boeing.
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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