Comments on: Beyonce’s Single Ladies the Latest to Flash Dance http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Why Glee Is TV’s Most Web Video-Savvy Series (And Why It Isn’t) http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471170 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:33:28 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471170 [...] number using Men Without Hats’s Safety Dance, in which both the concept and execution invoke the now kinda-cliche flash mob virals that have circulated over the last few years. The film quality even switches to video for several [...]

]]> By: Weekend Vid Picks: I Want My Music Web TV http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471169 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:02:45 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471169 [...] Gotta Feeling live on the streets of Chicago, and brought along a massive dancing flash mob (which we’ve seen before). It lacks any real authenticity, and some of these lyrics are the worst I’ve ever heard [...]

]]> By: Shakir Razak http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471168 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:22:27 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471168 Hi,

Great deconstruction LIz.

Unfortunately, for anyone with adhd, this is just too contrived.

In time, the brands hijacking stuff like Improv Anywhere will bore even the media/news outlets to the point no one cares, no coverage is given, and in some cases, as with the t-mobile ones, smarter consumers actually negatively-rate a brand for its lack of originality or its cynicism.

The ad-executives lazily ripping off web-video just don’t get what makes the organic beauty of a genuine viral when they do lo-brow, compared to people in the ad-industry who do understand like the people behind the Cadbury’s “Glass and a half full” productions.

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak

]]> By: Liz Shannon Miller http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471166 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:51:36 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471166 Definitely see your point — I’ve heard comments from others about how putting all the dancers in leotards makes this video less fun than the videos where people wear street clothes. PAY ATTENTION, POWERS THAT BE.

]]> By: Liz Gannes http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471165 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:41:39 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471165 I feel like the homogeneity of this (they’re even wearing the same shoes!) makes it more like a dance troupe performing in public than a true Improv Everywhere-type flash dance.

]]> By: kevin http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471164 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:57:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471164 (linkback) Cool or Lame? Beyonce’s Single Ladies the Latest to Flash Dance [VOTE] – http://www.pikk.com/e0c32

]]> By: Laura http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471163 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:39:57 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471163 As always, you are my undisputable favorite source for all things web-y and cool.

]]> By: Eric Escobar http://gigaom.com/video/beyonces-single-ladies-the-latest-to-flash-dance/#comment-471162 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:05:24 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=23167#comment-471162 “By breaking the social contract for what’s appropriate in a public space, there’s a captivating element of controlled chaos, and the visual spectacle of large crowds moving as one has a way of communicating community on a primal level.”

Nice bit of deconstructin’ there Liz. Cool post.

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