The Political Variety Show
Dissolve, a Calgary stock photo company, has used its resources to create a generic campaign ad. It makes no difference whether the candidate is left, center, or right a version of this ad will be used. The CBC reporter gets into the spirit of the ad pointing out all of the obvious, well obvious after they are pointed out, tricks and stylistic flourishes used to keep you reading or watching the article or ad.
Meanwhile a bit further to the North in Iceland, Birgitta Jonsdottir, leader of Iceland’s Pirate Party, could become the next Prime Minister. She has my primary requirement for the job, she doesn’t want it. The Pirate Party [yes, that is its name and it is a common political party in Northern Europe] has a 43% approval rating by Icelandic voters, the highest of any of the parties,
April 13, 2016 3 Comments
