Three burly guys at a construction/industrial plant site are on lunch break eating uncharacteristic “meals.” One has a cup of yogurt while flanked by coworkers who are sipping on pink and orange colored frosty fruit drinks.
They continue to munch on lunch when their silence is broken by one guy who says, “I think I’m going to the bathroom. Want to come?”
Without skipping a beat, a colleague responds, “Yeah, sure.”
And the third joins in, “I don’t really have to go but I’ll keep you company.”
A male voiceover chimes in, “Sometimes a man loses his way.”
At this point we see a large packaged Hungry-Man fried chicken dinner fall on a pink frosty drink, pulverizing it into a slushy mess.
“So make it Hungry-Man,” asserts the voiceover. “A full pound of meat and potatoes so you can eat like a man.”
“Men’s Room” was directed by Guy Manwaring of Therapy Films, London, for Publicis & Hal Riney San Francisco.
The agency team on “Men’s Room” consisted of creative director Roger Camp, copywriter Mark Sweeney, art director Richard North and director of integrated production David Verhoef.
Betsy Oliver was the line producer for Therapy. Richard Henkel served as DP.
Editor was Justin Travato of Jigsaw Editorial, Los Angeles.
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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