Wrath of Cannes: The other ad show

Much of adland will be flocking to Cannes next week for the industry’s biggest global awards show of the year. If you’re not able to attend, we have a stateside solution: Wrath of Cannes 6. Created by NY-based indie agency Woods Witt Dealy & Sons (WWD&S) six years ago, Wrath is billed as the “other” awards show, “a bitter response to the self-congratulating, glad-handing, marblebag-wearing, Dom-swilling, bronzer-slathered soirees that fester up on the beach in Cannes,” according to WWD&S co-founder and creative director Harry Woods. This year, Wrath is half-assing things. The agency is “too busy” to judge work or develop a brief, so instead of an awards show, they’ve decided to throw a raging party that will be sure to give the Gutter Bar a run for its money. Plus there’s free booze – and one can always make time for that.