Samsung's Olympics commercial melds the world's national anthems into a single tune
As nativism and anti-globalization movements gain ground throughout many Western countries, the saccharine themes of world unity and peace that tend to characterize Olympic advertising might seem more potent than usual this year.
The minute-and-a-half spot from ad agency Leo Burnett Chicago opens on a young Australian girl singing Botswana's national anthem into a Samsung smartphone. The device is then passed to an elderly man half a world away, who contributes a line from the Australian anthem. Read more...