Ok, that was awesome… but i think my favorite part is the one older white lady on the cell phone. Everyone else either stopped to watch, or tried to quickly get through and out of the shot… But there’s the one lady who is all “goddamn slackers! get off the sidewalk! Get a job!”
3 Strangers Meet For First Time. Their Spontaneous Jam Together? Beyond Awesome.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I think I said something not so nice to her… outloud!
nice moment… but if it’s the lady i think you’re meaning ~2:46, i think she was just using the public sidewalk for its intended purpose… why you gotta project intent?
Damn Philip! Really? She totally disregarded them as if they were invisible. The 2nd lady that cut through clearly acknowledged them. Um, body language IS known to speak volumes.
she was on the phone, and perhaps distracted, and maybe doesn’t like that style of music. Also, you’ve made my point— to her they were invisible. She wasn’t hating as Chris implied… she just didn’t notice or just didn’t care.
Phillip, watch again, BOTH ladies were on the phone. No, I didn’t make your point, I made mine. By disregarding their very existence, she diminished them. I don’t believe her likes in music have to do with anything. I don’t know that the 2nd lady liked their music either; it’s not like she was booty shaking to it. The first woman’s body language said they were not worth acknowledging. Trust me, as a 60 year old Black woman I am very familiar with being dismissed like that. Perhaps that’s why I recognize it.
i’ll watch again, but you’re going to have to be more specific with times for the ladies. One was at 2:46 and one was at 3:45 are the only two that i saw cut through. Only the 2:46 one was preoccupied with an individual not present. The 3:45 noticed them then that it was being filmed and hurried to rush through. Did I think it was a special moment? yes– It’s not my thing, but i appreciate connections between people, and i can appreciate that for what it is, despite than my personal preference. But simultaneously i don’t believe anyone has a *right* to be noticed in a public venue. You might dismiss my “43 year old grotesquely obese white male” perspective, but i think i’m being fair in saying that just because you are choosing to perform does not mean that you demand and require attention from everyone especially if the space is a public through-way.
My point “she didn’t notice or care” holds even by your language: “they were not worth acknowledging”. To her judgement they might not have been. She was preoccupied with someone somewhere else. So to her, they were “noise/obstacles to be passed by.” so that she can continue her conversation with being forced to divert or being attacked by external noise hindering her conversation. Self indulgent? perhaps. but so is monopolizing a path or soundscape. Who’s right?
My secondary commentary of unjustly accusing her of malicious or hostile thoughts also is poignant. As someone who has been accused of something that was not true, i know how that hurts– so i might defend the unjustly accused.