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Cannes Lions festival

I went to Concordia today . . . and nobody rioted!

It was to see the Cannes Lions Festival 2002 winners for the year’s best advertising. The JMMA screened the winners in a “mad about ads” evening, and people packed the H110 auditorium at $5 a ticket to see the best ads of the year.

Some of the ads were wonderfully creative and side-splittingly funny. The best part about the Lions is that entrants are from around the world. European advertising is so far ahead of ours.

Hmmm . . . a room full of people there specifically to admire advertising. I’m surprised the CSU were able to restrain themselves from showing up to heckle!

{ 3 comments… add one }
  • wearetheworld 02.13.03, 3:58 AM

    if we knew you were going to come, segacs, there would have been a riot

  • Dave 02.13.03, 6:40 AM

    there was a csu meeting. Maybe that explains why they weren’t there to riot?

  • Steve Brandon 02.13.03, 8:15 PM

    I know how to get the CSU to show up and protest… “This advertising festival is brought to you by Zoom Media and Sodexho-Marriott. Oh, and Monsanto. Archer-Daniels Midland too.” (Their favourite corporate boogeymen, for anyone who never reads CSU propaganda.)

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