Tuesday, February 09, 2010
An experiment with strangers
Comedian Mark Malkoff wanted to see if he could get people to carry him across Manhattan. To augment his reality, he used Twitter, and procured the services of a film crew.
Ostensibly, his goal was to demonstrate that New Yorkers are a lot friendlier than their reputation. Regardless of anything else that one might conclude from watching his clip, there is something undeniably reassuring and most definitely touching about his findings.
Given the invitation, and reinforced by the opportunity to get filmed doing so, strangers can be strangely wonderful, loving, supportive (I had to say that), caring, and extraordinarily playful. It's almost enough to excuse your frequently blind faith in humanity.
via the Presurfer
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
Ostensibly, his goal was to demonstrate that New Yorkers are a lot friendlier than their reputation. Regardless of anything else that one might conclude from watching his clip, there is something undeniably reassuring and most definitely touching about his findings.
Given the invitation, and reinforced by the opportunity to get filmed doing so, strangers can be strangely wonderful, loving, supportive (I had to say that), caring, and extraordinarily playful. It's almost enough to excuse your frequently blind faith in humanity.
via the Presurfer
from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith
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