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What a daily roller-coaster ride this game is, eh? You win a pitch, get a good ad through or win a gong and there's no better job in the world.
But lose a pitch, get work blown out, miss out in the awards and it can be grim. (Do people in banks on a black day say: 'Still, it beats working in an advertising agency'?) Apologies in advance to those whose Thursday is made any darker by what follows.
I should do the Christian thing and be nice about the Christian Aid ads.
Sadly, I've seen the image of a capitalist being supported by an African done before and done better. Gold Greenlees Trott did it for the same client to highlight the Third-World debt and it got into the D&AD Annual.
It showed a banker's top half over the emaciated legs of a starving African.
The headline read: 'The Third World isn't strong enough to support the banks.' Trade justice is an important issue; it deserves more original work.
God knows how much the BT ad cost. It borrows from The Fifth Element and Star Wars to show a city of the future. It illustrates the digital network economy with people whizzing about in highways above the buildings.