Flash mobbing - the new pointless uber-cool activity
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Courtesy of NZ Herald
16.08.2003
By Deborah Orr
Poor, deluded flash mobbers. They are convinced they are part of a meaningless movement, but as any post-structuralist will tell you, there's no such thing.
For full story go to Modern rebels without a cause
Courtesy of NZ Herald
16.08.2003
By Deborah Orr
Poor, deluded flash mobbers. They are convinced they are part of a meaningless movement, but as any post-structuralist will tell you, there's no such thing.
For full story go to Modern rebels without a cause
The flash mob craze, which started in New York, caught on in Europe, reached London this month and this week Brazil, is stuffed with meaning, its very pointlessness a satirical cri de coeur about the way we live.
A new craze called "flash mob" - when crowds organised by email turn up in unexpected places - is growing fast. Britain had its first one recently when more than 200 people marched to a furniture store with instructions to make mobile phone calls in which they praised the merchandise. Go to Cheesebikini and flashmob.com. And if you want to be part of the phenomenon locally, check out flashmob.co.nz