Video: "Something good." Positive performance in the heart of New York
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Have you ever wanted to stay in the center of your hometown, look at the faces of hurrying people walking about their human affairs and say loudly … anything good? Probably, such a desire sits deep in the soul of everyone. Because when the art group Improv Everywhere started an action " Say something good"(" Say Something Nice ") on a busy street in New York, hundreds of people wanted to pour out their positive outlook on the world! What were they talking about? Now you will find out.
Compared to other flash mobs (for example, the same party on the beach) Improv Everywhere, this action did not require much preparation. The director of the art group, Charlie Todd, only made sure that people in orange vests, pretending to be workers of something, brought a pre-made pulpit with a microphone and set it up in the middle of the street. And, of course, the speakers.
Fifth Avenue is crowded at this time of day, so there was no shortage of curious New Yorkers. Each of them, stopping in front of the pulpit, revealed before their eyes an insistent appeal: " Say something good". And they spoke.
The most common positive exclamations were “What a great day!”, “I love you!”, And of course, “I love New York!”. Not without originals: "I love my friend! This one, in a red shirt." Some sang songs, sometimes even with a guitar. And of course, there was a witty man who carefully said into the microphone "Eeeeee. Well. Something good."
The action was started and organized not without the help of the famous Guggenheim Museum located right there. The workers from Improv Everywhere then carried the microphone around the parks and squares of New York for several hours, so that people everywhere could get a little positive.
In fact, the Improv Everywhere group did not invent the open microphone: the concept has been around much earlier. But usually it stands in one place, and they only sing into it. Therefore, the moveable open mic is a really fresh idea worth mentioning. something good.
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