Tag: FLASHMOB

Share If there's one thing French people love more than talking about themselves, it's seizing the opportunity to take collective action against some ridiculous non-threat. [Edit. Note: Please forgive our writer. He lives in France, and longs for his terra patria.] In a country where union workers strike faster than you can say "40-hour work week," governmental officials have to tread carefully ...

For the past decade, observers and participants have thoroughly enjoyed random flash mobs, those seemingly spontaneous displays of synchronized hilarity. In a town infamous for its battery-hucking sports fans and stadium courtrooms, though, a troubling trend has apparently come to the otherwise frivolous activity. According to the New York Times, wandering groups of chaotic teens in ...

Flash mobs, those somewhat spontaneous and random public dance routines, have erupted in popularity. The gyrating boogie displays have even grown so commonplace that they're being corporately choreographed for commercial use. And, while the proliferation of the 'Best ____ of 2009' lists are currently over-saturating the media, BuzzFeed is actually providing a welcome, and hilarious, ranking of ...

In the U.K., T-Mobile is running a popular commercial that shows people at a London train station engaging in a seemingly random -- yet thoroughly choreographed -- dance session. Using Facebook to spread the word, a fan decided to recreate this with a flash mob silent rave of the type we saw in New York City last spring. However, the recreation (check out the video) was ultimately far more ...