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summer of discontent: is the end near?
” The nature of people is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.” ( Vico) People have no doubt been bemoaning the decadence of the times since the expulsion from the Garden. But what actually constitutes decadence … Continue reading
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Tagged Adorno, American Apparel advertising, American Apparel banned ad, anne brockinton, Arnold Toynbee, Bruce Mazlish, calvin klein advertising, Carolee Schneemann, henri Bergson, Max Horkheimer, Natacha Stolz, Oswald Spengler, robert m. lee, Russell Smith, the NRA, vico
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every good child deserves favor
There were almost no flickers of sensitivity to the horror. The callous behavior of parents and adults to infants in seventeenth-century England and eighteenth-century France is almost too impossible to appear credible. The women of the poor suckled for a … Continue reading
fear of a children’s planet: the customer is kid
Whats always fascinating, often in equal measure, is disturbing. This is particularly so with the use of children in advertising, in art, and in the broader context. At one end of this seamy world, is the Charlie Sheen archetype, that … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous
Tagged Alex Bogusky, American Apparel advertising, Charlie Sheen, Coca Cola, Dov Charney, Gottfried Helnwein, Herman Hesse, Johannes Nyholm, Jonathan Hobin, Leah McLaren, Nina maria Kleivan, Peter Simpson, Reza Deghati, Simon Houpt
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Expensive Satire
American Apparel CEO Dov Charny claimed he was exercising his rights as specified under the first amendment. American Apparel claimed that the use of comedian Woody Allen’s image on a billboard was merely satire which is protected as free speech. … Continue reading
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