This spot opens like a beauty product demo, as we see a woman applying a skincare crรฉme to her face. On the bottom left of the screen, an understated super simply reads, “Day 1.”
The assumption is that we will see the remarkable improvement in the woman’s complexion as a result of this miracle cream as we move onto subsequent days. The only fleeting though unsettling observation is that this woman already has a perfect complexion. How could it get any better?
Next we see “Day 3” and the woman looks slightly worse, with the start of some subtle dark rings below her eyes.
By “Day 5,” severe patches of acne have broken out on her face yet she continues to rub the crรฉme on her forehead and cheeks.
On “Day 7,” what had been acne now looks much more like open sores. Yet she still dutifully applies the crรฉme.
A voiceover asks, “What’s the secret to this woman’s transformation?” At that point, we see the answer in the form of the word “Racism” which is the label on the jar containing the “beauty” crรฉme. The voiceover continues, “The more you apply it, the uglier you get.”
A super identifies the sponsor, UN.ORG, and the related occasion, the United Nations’ “Week of Solidarity with the People’s Struggle Against Racism and Racial Discrimination.”
“Skincare” was directed by Tim Gibbs via 8 Commercials, Sydney, for Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney. (Gibbs is repped stateside by Mirror Films, Hollywood.) Mike Vanderfield was executive producer/producer for 8 Commercials. The DP was Graeme Wood.
The agency team consisted of creative director David Nobay, copywriter Tim Hall, art director Noah Reagan and producer Karen Bryson.
Editor was Peter Barton of Post Office, Sydney. Online editor was Drew Downes of Post Modern, Sydney. Colorist was Ben Eagleton of The Lab, Sydney. Audio post mixer was Simon Lister of Nylon, Sydney.
Principal actress was Elisa Sommet.
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No matter your ailment, there are plenty of TV doctors waiting to treat you right now on a selection of channels and streamers.
Whether it's Noah Wyle putting on his stethoscope for the first time since "ER," Morris Chestnut graduating to head doctor, Molly Parker making her debut in scrubs or Joshua Jackson trading death for life on a luxury cruise, new American hospital dramas have something for everyone.
There's also an outsider trying to make a difference in "Berlin ER," as Haley Louise Jones plays the new boss of a struggling German hospital's emergency department. The show's doors slide open to patients Wednesday on Apple TV+.
These shows all contain the DNA of classic hospital dramas โ and this guide will help you get the TV treatment you need.
"Berlin ER"
Dr. Suzanna "Zanna" Parker has been sent to run the Krank, which is only just being held together by hardened โ and authority-resistant โ medical staff and supplies from a sex shop. The result is an unflinching drama set in an underfunded, underappreciated and understaffed emergency department, where the staff is as traumatized as the patients, but hide it much better.
From former real-life ER doc Samuel Jefferson and also starring Slavko Popadiฤ, ลafak ลengรผl, Aram Tafreshian and Samirah Breuer, the German-language show is not for the faint of heart.
Jones says she eventually got used to the blood and gore on the set.
"It's gruesome in the beginning, highly unnerving. And then at some point, it's just the most normal thing in the world," she explains. "That's flesh. That's the rest of someone's leg, you know, let's just move on and have coffee or whatever."
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