The apparent flashmob event which Annette (I think) pointed us to was actually a joyous T-Mobile ( British cell phone company) commercial staged at the Liverpool train station on January 15, 2009 with 400 dancers [see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM ]
It was followed, probably on February 6th, by a real flashmob event at Liverpool Station, which attracted a huge crowd, estimated at 13,000 people. I commented in my last post that this represented "Life imitating and outdoing (commercial) art". But browsing youtube turns up a more complicated truth. Dance flashmobbing had been going on at that station at least as far back as October of 2006 (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nBOQCpHAMY&feature=related ) This is undoubtedly where T-Mobile found the inspiration for its commercial. So it's not life imitating art. It's life imitating art imitating life. And what about Vinni Pukh? This has nothing to do with any of the above, but for devotees of this silly old bear, you might want to catch these wonderful cartoon adaptations of his adventures. Hint: They're not Disney's. http://niffiwan.livejournal.com/15761.html Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: sbl...@ubishops.ca 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
