Flash Mob

 Mob! A term we often associate with a mindless violent group, right? Newspapers often have headlines such as 'the mob went on rampage', 'the mob lynching', et al, which reflect our violent era currently worst on show in the notorious war whose exact status at present is most uncertain, right? 

Flash mob, to which our title refers, however, is the exact opposite. It refers to an impromptu group dance. It is always at a public space. Often it responds to a sensitive issue such as the status/stage of democracy  (the first ever flash mob dealt with this theme in Hongkong) or women's status (often tried in many places across India).

The current craze for reels, however, seems to take away the idea-tional content from such an event, and it seems to be reduced to a group dance in any space vacant enough to accomodate a 'gang' as such 'friends' call themselves! The crazier the song, the better so long as  it has a whacky rhythm! 

Honestly, such horrible dance attempts go viral these days that "any savage can dance" dismissal by Jane Austen's Darcy in her much celebrated "Pride and Prejudice" no longer appears a privileged rebuff! 

What all prancing and cavorting seems to be going viral these days! An old woman approaching her seventies dancing to the vulgarest song or kids shaking any and every part of their tiny bodies in the most sexualised way to raunchy songs! Any wonder Epstein's are aplenty anywhere and everywhere! 

'Play a wonky song with a feral rhythm, and will dance'  seems to be the mindless motto of most. In brief, currently dance is hardly classical, mostly mob, and horribly flashy. No longer is needed a stage either. Any and every public space can be a podium, or whatever.  What say?

Pratima@Anything for the sake of the reel(ing) effect sums up the absolutely simplistic, quite comic,  and rather sad attempts at gaining public attention in a mindless, chic way, right? Dance away, dullards called reel stars, and humanity has nothing to lose except glory n grandeur!

Quote of the day:                                                       "Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit," days Doris Day.

Word of the day: populism                                        Vulgar populism, often characterized by "flaunting the low," uses coarse language, bad manners, and anti-elite rhetoric to bypass the traditional culture. It relies on (melo)dramatic, often offensive, performances to differentiate the loud from the conventional, polite, discreet cultural praxis. It creates a direct connect with the majority/mob as the loud message conveyed is often simplistic, sentimental, and often vulgar.