What do bobba and zaida make of Gangnam Style?
IT is the perfect recipe for a viral YouTube clip. It has healthy doses of comedy and innocence, with a dash of popular culture.
IT is the perfect recipe for a viral YouTube clip. It has healthy doses of comedy and innocence, with a dash of popular culture.
In a video produced by Melbourne’s Jewish Care that yielded 6500 views within two days, residents of Gary Smorgon House are asked to watch the music video for hit Gangnam Style, and to voice their views.
“It’s awful,” one resident utters.
“I don’t like it … don’t put it in front of children,” he says, before adding: “If you are dancing, then have a lady in your hand and dance together.”
Another resident takes a philosophical standpoint: “Listen, let them dance, let them sing, but don’t make wars. That’s the problem.”
Amid all the thrusting and strutting, some residents felt nostalgic for their youth.
One says: “I wish I was young again”, with another echoing: “I wish I could move like that.”
One resident remained silent throughout the film, only occasionally sipping on his tea, looking both satisfied and intrigued by the display.
The film’s producer, 25-year-old Jeremy Blode, said the clip’s popularity was unsurprising.
“It’s universally funny, everyone knows the song,” the freelance photographer, who made the clip for Jewish Care’s 2013 Annual Appeal, told The AJN. “I showed this clip to my different family members, from age 13 upwards, and everyone found it funny, so I had a feeling that people would like it.”
Marketing and communications manager of Jewish Care Ayal Tusia denied viewers had reason to find the clip offensive.
“It’s a nice, light-hearted video to show the humour of our residents. It was not made with any ill intention; it’s just bit of fun and I think people have warmed to it.”
TIMNA JACKS
Above: A still from the clip. View the clip below.
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