Dancing Man Wearing Horse Mask . . .
There’s actually more to the title of this video, believe it or not. The full title is “Dancing Man Wearing Horse Mask Cooks Wild Mushrooms.”
It is a classic piece of insanity.
There’s an old fiction writing exercise that involves the task of taking a random list of objects and working them into a story. A friend of mine who throws great parties told me the secert to a good party is to invite a mix of people from disparate worlds. The cable show “The Surreal Life” took this concept and created a whole series out of it - take random people from different walks of life (only requirement being that they have some sort of celebrity status), make them live together in close quarters for a while, and see what happens. Road movies are all about the premise of putting mismatched couples into a situation where they have to work together, and waiting for the story.
My point is, as bizarre as this video is, it really isn’t that different from many, many other creative works that people have created. It’s weirder, no doubt about it, but not really that much different. Does it work? Well, I found it oddly compelling. Not seven minutes worth of compelling, but I found myself, after the initial open mouthed puzzlement, smiling at the joy in the dance. Is it really all that different than the secret dances you do in your bathroom, or even in the kitchen when nobody else is home?
Here’s another weirdo for you.
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