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March 4, 2008
Found in LA: Save the Fleas!?
LAist Featured Photos contributor at our Flickr pool submits this photo from outside Union Station where this group protested the death of fleas. She asks "were they serious? Or some type of public theatre art. Thoughts? Also, where'd she get the flea costume?"
Well, we found this video below of the same people, this time protesting on Hollywood Blvd. saying fleas are needlessly murdered.
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http://www.fleazee.com/
It's a clever ad. They got you guys talking about it anyway.
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ha, I went to that site after hearing it in the video and it made no sense so I didn't link to it. But you did:)
Ah gotta love and hate when marketing and performance art meet.
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You know, while photographing the group, I wondered if my camera should be the engine to drive this craziness...wondering if their mock protest was trying to illustrate the Warren Ellis point about our society's obsession with novelty [exact quote begins: "The motor of innovation and novelty is really kind of cranked up right now..."]
In the end, whether their protest was earnest or condescending, I felt it better to have the spotlight on these characters rather than Britney Spears. Plus, a woman in a flea suit just makes me smile. And hopefully it made someone else smile, or smirk, or wonder WTF?
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You know, while photographing the group, I wondered if my camera should be the engine to drive this craziness…wondering if their mock protest was trying to illustrate the Warren Ellis point about our society's obsession with novelty [believe the exact quote begins: "The motor of innovation and novelty is really kind of cranked up right now…"]
In the end, whether their protest was earnest or condescending, I felt it better to have the spotlight on these characters rather than Britney Spears. Plus, a woman in a flea suit just makes me smile. And hopefully it made someone else smile, or smirk, or wonder WTF?
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I just came from the vet where I got the new flea antidote PILL for my pup: "Comfortis."
I like that name. They should name human pills things like that ... "I came home at the end of a long day and popped a few Comfortis."
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Touche, Zach, I did link to it.
As a PR student in LA, I might just keep this little trick in my goodie-bag. It worked!