tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15516659.post3802518374268721719..comments2023-08-08T17:05:32.970+02:00Comments on Live and Uncensored!: A Tribute to the Abstract and AestheticAngela Natividadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14122974605784803487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15516659.post-19409292058843931412009-05-14T05:24:00.000+02:002009-05-14T05:24:00.000+02:00Kinda brings the Great Depression to mind, when th...Kinda brings the Great Depression to mind, when the theatre industry boomed. At the time it was a luxury experience: you dressed up, bought cigars...<br /><br />This is like a microcosm of that.Angela Natividadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122974605784803487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15516659.post-15070598361615167752009-05-10T02:55:00.000+02:002009-05-10T02:55:00.000+02:00Elegant post. I think two things are converging: Y...Elegant post. I think two things are converging: Yes, languid sensibility, as Americans slow down in shock from the post-consumption-party blood sugar crash, so advertisers are reflecting their new reflective pace.<br /><br />But the second force is internet video, which is finally arriving en masse and has greatly reduced the cost to put longer-form spots out to the public. Now there is a great chance a 1 minute -- or 3 minute -- commercial can reach its audience. Consumers are growing more comfortable with longer film on screen; Hulu proves the point. So why not slow down the pacing and tease out a storyline?<br /><br />A slower-moving consumer and a less-costly medium: It's nice, and ironic, that in a dark penny-pinching economy we have incentives for languorous artistry that just might work.Ben Kunzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659613190140029991noreply@blogger.com