With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Campbell Mithun, Minneapolis, created a campaign for UnConvention–a collective of citizens–designed to “welcome” delegates from the Republican Convention to the Twin Cities.
In “Park,” one of three web spots we see two women on a park bench kissing one another. On an adjacent park bench, two men are doing the same. In the distance, we see two men in suits walking through the park. Realizing that these two conservative types are approaching, the guys and gals stop kissing and reshuffle their perches so that each bench now is host to one man and one woman.
As the two business suit-clad men walk by, one of them observes, “Nice kids.”
A super explains, “The Republicans Are Coming.”
It’s followed by a second super which reads, “Make an effort.”
And the spot is tagged with the website address wwww.theunconvention.com.
Stephen Pearson of bicoastal/international Hungry Man directed the viral spots, including “Park.”
The Campbell Mithun team consisted of chief creative officer Jonathan Hoffman, executive creative director Reid Holmes, associate creative director/art director Gary Carter, copywriter Paul Brink and producer Alex Colvin.
Cindy Becker exec produced for Hungry Man with Amy Brewster serving as line producer. The DP was David Doyle.
Editor was Brody Howard of Ditch Edit, Minneapolis.
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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