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I found this amusing. Is this why there was a line at the Union for a few blocks yesterday?
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Flash Mob Video at The Ohio Union
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shroud
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I actually saw this video from the "hating the Union" thread.
Looks like a lot of fun, but so NOT what I'd call a flash mob - obviously planned, scheduled & rehearsed. There were a couple of events going on at the union yesterday, and a lot of "you WANT to be AT the union at 12:30" ... so essentially letting folks know to be there.
Still, nitpicking about what to call it - whatever - it's still awesome, I wish I'd been there in person to watch.
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gramarye
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Flash mobs are generally planned and scheduled, and musical ones are definitely rehearsed.
Get the Flash Videos Get the Flash Videos Those were pretty clearly rehearsed, too. Awesomeness abounded nevertheless.
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catnfiddle
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I must be a huge fan of cheese. Loved this!
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J.R. Locke
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Misleading title.....but very cute.
Oh the joy in choreographed dancing. I think honkey churches might want to implement more of this to increase membership amongst young folks.
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Jordans23000
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It would be cool if everyone was dancing like this!
I do enjoy the fact that people dont give a crap about having fun, you wouldnt have ever seen this happen 50, 40, 30 years ago, evolution of the human continues in all facets.Get the Flash Videos Posted 2 years ago # -
sugarplumclarey
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Personally thought this was very cute and awesome. It brought this awesome film/scene to mind:
Get the Flash Videos (But not dubbed in Italian of course)
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cory
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sugarplumclarey wrote >>
Personally thought this was very cute and awesome. It brought this awesome film/scene to mind:Get the Flash Videos (But not dubbed in Italian of course)[/url]
Haha! Me too!
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JonMyers
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That's a great video and it looks like the kids are having a ball, but....
it's not a flash mob.A flash mob is usually more spontaneous and absurd. Usually participants get the information of where they have to be and act they must perform 30 - 60 minutes prior.
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Tenzo
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JonMyers wrote >>
That's a great video and it looks like the kids are having a ball, but....
it's not a flash mob.
A flash mob is usually more spontaneous and absurd. Usually participants get the information of where they have to be and act they must perform 30 - 60 minutes prior.What gave it away?
The cameras
The students assembled to watch it
Bucky Buckeye
The Pres.
The sound system
or
was it the tape markers on the floor showing the dancers where to hit their spot?Posted 2 years ago # -
gramarye
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I think both kinds count as flash mobs ... the musical ones obviously have to be rehearsed. I've seen the ones like the NYC subway freeze that were obviously more of the kind you're thinking of (a small in-group of organizers letting everyone else know the plan right before it happens). I think they could both fit in the same tent.
P.S. What causes those HTML snafus?
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Tenzo
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I think both kinds count as flash mobs ... the musical ones obviously have to be rehearsed.
So you would consider the OSU band a 'flash mob'?
Mr. Wiki sez;
A flash mob (or flashmob)[1] is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse. The term flash mob is generally applied only to gatherings organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term is generally not applied to events organized by public relations firms, protests, and publicity stunts.
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gramarye
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I don't think this was "organized by a public relations firm" or a "protest," and I don't think it was any more of a "publicity stunt" than most flash mobs, though I admit the presence of Gee and Brutus probably had at least some publicity-oriented thinking behind it. (Then again, I really can almost picture Gee going along with something like this just for the sheer whimsy of it.)
I think one characteristic of a flash mob is that most onlookers don't know it's coming, which would rule out TBDBITL. (On the other hand, if a group of OSUMB members randomly showed up out of uniform and did a spontaneous musical number on the Oval, I might well count that.)
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