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Ice cream shooting out of a man's jeans - hm, pretty weird!
The largest real money online gambling site in the world, Pokerstars, offers one-minute glimpse of a successful life as one of its players through elliptical references to daring deeds and bold choices from a variety of individuals. The fact that it's shot in black and white adds a touch of old-style elegance. What do you think of it? Glamorisation of what can become a dangerous addiction? Or a cool ad that captures the excitement and entertainment of its subject area really well?
Every single day, 1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries. In this arresting footage, titled 'Downing St Disaster', environmental organisation Greenpeace asks and answers the question: What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street? Located in the City of Westminster in London - hence the 'Wasteminster' parody tag - Downing St houses the official residences an... Read More
Fellow tennis legend John McEnroe makes a cameo appearance with his trademark "You cannot be serious!" exclamation as Serena Williams sees off a selection of ball-firing robots in this amusing ad for DirecTV. Attired as the superhero character Wonder Woman, the US player sets her formidable focus on overcoming the formidable-looking rogue machines, to promote the broadcast company's new streaming service of live ... Read More
According to the World Health Organization, "more than 720 000 people die due to suicide every year". This two-minute campaign uses the Japanese art of kintsugi - repairing broken ceramics with molten gold - as a metaphor for healing for those who are left behind after a suicide in the family. As the US orgnisation behind the campaign says, it aims to transform "the fragility of grief into a message of hope and healing throu... Read More
As controversy continues to rage around the late disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, this campaign by World Without Exploitation calls for the release of ALL the so-called Epstein Files. Though it was launched to influence last week's vote in Congress on the issue, the Public Service Announcement (PSA) stands alone as part of the organisations' mission to end human trafficking and exploi... Read More
There's nothing particularly controversial about the style of this official movie trailer, but its subject matter certainly raises uncomfortable - not to say taboo - topics. The plot of 'La Grazia' is described on Wikipedia thus: "President of Italy Mariano De Santis, a staunch Catholic and experienced jurist, is conflicted about whether he should sign into law a bill legalizing euthanasia, and at the same time ha... Read More
The speed of artificial intelligence (AI) development is defining today's societies - not just locally but across the globe. This is itself raises concerns and differing viewpoints. So much data, analysis, prediction, speed and scale is, arguably, a major contributing factor to our universal frictions and individual anxieties. This ad by Google for its Earth AI function - which it describes elsewhere as ... Read More