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Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
Charlie Todd: L'experiència compartida de l'absurd
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Charlie Todd provoca escenes públiques rares, hilarants i inesperades: setanta ballarins sincronitzats a les finestres d'un centre comercial, 'caça-fantasmes' que corren per la Biblioteca Pública de Nova York i l'event anual "Passeig Sense Pantalons Pel Metro". A TEDxBloomington ens mostra l'ús que en fa Improv Everywhere (Improvització a tot arreu) d'aquestes escenes per unir a la gent.
Charlie Todd - Comedian
Charlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes. Full bio
Charlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes. Full bio
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I started Improv Everywhere about 10 years ago
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Vaig crear Improv Everywhere ara farà un 10 anys
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when I moved to New York City with an interest in acting and comedy.
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quan em vaig instal·lar a Nova York principalment pel teatre i la comèdia.
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Because I was new to the city, I didn't have access to a stage,
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Com era nou a la ciutat, no tenia accés als escenaris,
00:24
so I decided to create my own in public places.
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per això vaig decidir actuar en llocs públics.
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So the first project we're going to take a look at
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El primer projecte que veurem ara
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is the very first No Pants Subway Ride.
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és el primer "Passeig Sense Pantalons al Metro"
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Now this took place in January of 2002.
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Això és durant el gener de 2002.
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And this woman is the star of the video.
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I aquesta dona és l'estrella del video.
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She doesn't know she's being filmed.
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No sap que està sent filmada
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She's being filmed with a hidden camera.
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amb càmera oculta.
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This is on the 6 train in New York City.
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Estem al metro 6 a Nova York.
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And this is the first stop along the line.
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És la primera parada de la línia.
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These are two Danish guys
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Aquests són dos nois danesos
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who come out and sit down next to the hidden camera.
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que entren i s'asseuen al costat de la càmera oculta.
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And that's me right there in a brown coat.
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I aquell sóc jo amb una jaqueta marró.
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It's about 30 degrees outside.
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A fora estem a sota 0º.
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I'm wearing a hat. I'm wearing a scarf.
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Porto un barret. Porto una bufanda.
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And the girl's going to notice me right here.
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I la noia acaba de notar la meva presència.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
01:05
And as you'll see now, I'm not wearing pants.
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Com podeu veure, no porto pantalons.
01:07
(Laughter)
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(Riures)
01:10
So at this point --
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Arribats a aquest punt,
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at this point she's noticed me,
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ella se n'ha adonat,
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but in New York there's weirdos on any given train car.
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però a Nova York hi ha gent estranya a qualsevol vagó.
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One person's not that unusual.
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Si només n'hi ha un, no és tan estrany.
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She goes back to reading her book, which is unfortunately titled "Rape."
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I torna a llegir el llibre, que desafortunadament es titula "Violació".
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
01:25
So she's noticed the unusual thing,
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Ha notat una cosa estranya,
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but she's gone back to her normal life.
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però torna a fer vida normal.
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Now in the meantime, I have six friends
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Mentrestant, jo tinc sis amics
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who are waiting at the next six consecutive stops in their underwear as well.
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esperant a les sis parades consecutives següents amb roba interior, clar.
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They're going to be entering this car one by one.
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Aniran entrant un per un.
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We'll act as though we don't know each other.
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Actuarem com si no ens coneixessim.
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And we'll act as if it's just an unfortunate mistake we've made,
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I farem com si haver-nos descuidat els pantalons
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forgetting our pants on this cold January day.
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fos un error desafortunat en aquest dia gèlid de gener.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
02:11
So at this point,
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Arribats a aquest punt,
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she decides to put the rape book away.
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decideix apartar el llibre de la violació a un costat.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
02:17
And she decides to be a little bit more aware of her surroundings.
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I decideix estar una mica més atenta al seu voltant.
02:21
Now in the meantime, the two Danish guys to the left of the camera,
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Mentrestant, els dos danesos, a l'esquerra de la càmera,
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they're cracking up.
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s'estan partint la caixa.
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They think this is the funniest thing they've ever seen before.
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Pensen que és la cosa més divertida que han vist mai.
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And watch her make eye contact with them right about now.
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Ara mireu com se'ls mira ella.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
02:37
And I love that moment in this video,
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M'encanta aquest moment en el video,
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because before it became a shared experience,
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perque abans de que sigués una experiència compartida,
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it was something that was maybe a little bit scary,
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era una cosa que potser feia una mica de por,
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or something that was at least confusing to her.
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o com a mínim era confús.
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And then once it became a shared experience,
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Però s'ha convertit en una experiència compartida,
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it was funny and something that she could laugh at.
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divertida i de la qual podrà riure's.
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So the train is now pulling into
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El tren està a punt de parar
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the third stop along the 6 line.
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a la tercera parada de la linia 6.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
03:12
So the video won't show everything.
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El video no ho mostra tot.
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This goes on for another four stops.
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Això es repeteix en quatre parades més.
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A total of seven guys enter anonymously in their underwear.
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Un total de set nois entren anònimament amb roba interior.
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At the eighth stop, a girl came in with a giant duffel bag
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A la vuitena parada, una noia ve amb una bossa gegant
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and announced she had pants for sale for a dollar --
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anunciant que té pantalons rebaixats a un dòlar
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like you might sell batteries or candy on the train.
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- com si venguessis encenedors o xuxeries -
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We all very matter of factly bought a pair of pants, put them on
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I amb tota la naturalitat del món comprem uns pantalons, ens els posem
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and said, "Thank you. That's exactly what I needed today,"
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i diem: "Gràcies. És exactament el que necessitava avui".
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and then exited without revealing what had happened
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I sense donar-hi molta importància,
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and went in all different directions.
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marxem en direccions diferents.
03:39
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
03:41
Thank you.
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Gràcies.
03:45
So that's a still from the video there.
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Això és un fotograma del video.
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And I love that girl's reaction so much.
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M'encanta la reacció de la noia.
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And watching that videotape later that day
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Mirant la gravació més tard aquell dia
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inspired me to keep doing what I do.
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em va inspirar per continuar fent el que estic fent.
03:53
And really one of the points of Improv Everywhere
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Realment, un dels objectius d'Improv Everywhere
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is to cause a scene in a public place
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és crear una escena en un lloc públic,
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that is a positive experience for other people.
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una experiència positiva per altra gent.
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It's a prank, but it's a prank that gives somebody a great story to tell.
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És una broma, però, que dòna a algú una bona història per explicar.
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And her reaction inspired me
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I la seva reacció em va inspirar
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to do a second annual No Pants Subway Ride.
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a fer el segon "Passeig Sense Pantalons al Metro".
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And we've continued to do it every year.
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I vam continuar fent-ho cada any.
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This January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride
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Aquest gener, vam fer el desè "Passeig Sense Pantalons al Metro" anual
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where a diverse group of 3,500 people
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on un grup divers de 3.500 persones
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rode the train in their underwear in New York --
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passejaven pel metro amb roba interior a Nova York
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almost every single train line in the city.
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pràcticament a cada línia de la ciutat.
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And also in 50 other cities around the world,
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I també 50 ciutats més d'arreu del món
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people participated.
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van participar-hi.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
04:24
As I started taking improv class at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
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Quan vaig començar a fer classes d'improvització al Teatre Upright Citizens Brigade,
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and meeting other creative people and other performers and comedians,
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i vaig conèixer d'altra gent creative, artistes i comediants,
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I started amassing a mailing list
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vaig acumular una llista de correus
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of people who wanted to do these types of projects.
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de gent que volia participar en aquests projectes.
04:34
So I could do more large-scale projects.
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Així que podia fer projectes a més gran escala.
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Well one day I was walking through Union Square,
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Bé, un dia mentre caminava per Union Square,
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and I saw this building,
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vaig veure aquest edifici,
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which had just been built in 2005.
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construit al 2005.
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And there was a girl in one of the windows and she was dancing.
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Hi havia una noia a la finestra i estava ballant.
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And it was very peculiar,
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Va ser molt peculiar,
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because it was dark out, but she was back-lit with florescent lighting,
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perque era fosc, però ella tenia la llum engegada,
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and she was very much onstage,
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estava molt posada en la representació,
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and I couldn't figure out why she was doing it.
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i no vaig poder advertir per què estava fent allò.
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After about 15 seconds, her friend appeared --
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Després de 15 segons la seva amiga va aparèixer,
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she had been hiding behind a display --
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- havia estat amagada darrere una pantalla -
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and they laughed and hugged each other and ran away.
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van riure, van abraçar-se i van marxar.
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So it seemed like maybe she had been dared to do this.
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Semblava com si l'haguessin desafiat a fer-ho.
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So I got inspired by that.
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Això em va inspirar.
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Looking at the entire facade -- there were 70 total windows --
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Mirant tota la façana - on hi havia un total de 70 finestres -
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and I knew what I had to do.
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vaig saber el que havia de fer.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
05:09
So this project is called Look Up More. We had 70 actors dress in black.
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Aquest projecte s'anomena "Segueix buscant". Havia 70 actors vestits de negre.
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This was completely unauthorized.
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No estàvem autoritzats a fer-ho.
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We didn't let the stores know we were coming.
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No vam dir a les botigues que aniríem.
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And I stood in the park giving signals.
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Jo vaig quedar-me al parc fent senyals.
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The first signal was for everybody to hold up these four-foot tall letters
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La primera senyal era per sostenir aquestes lletres gegants
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that spelled out "Look Up More,"
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que deien "Look Up More" ("Segueix buscant"),
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the name of the project.
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el nom del projecte.
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The second signal was for everybody to do Jumping jacks together.
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La segona senyal era per que saltessin tots alhora.
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You'll see that start right here.
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Ara veureu com comencen.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
05:34
And then we had dancing. We had everyone dance.
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Després ballem. Ballem tots.
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And then we had dance solos where only one person would dance
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Després fem solos, on només una persona balla,
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and everybody would point to them.
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i tothom assenyala aquella persona.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
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So then I gave a new hand signal,
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Més tard vaig donar una nova senyal,
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which signaled the next soloist down below in Forever 21,
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que senyalava el pròxim solista avall al costat de Forever 21,
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and he danced.
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i es va posar a ballar.
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There were several other activities.
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Va haver-hi més activitats.
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We had people jumping up and down,
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Vam tenir gent saltant amunt i avall,
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people dropping to the ground.
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gent tirant-se al terra.
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And I was standing just anonymously in a sweatshirt,
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I jo estava allà dret, un personatge anònim amb sudadera,
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putting my hand on and off of a trashcan
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posant la mà dintre i fora d'un contenidor de basura
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to signal the advancement.
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per dirigir l'espectacle.
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And because it was in Union Square Park, right by a subway station,
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I com es va fer a Union Square Park, just al costat del metro,
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there were hundreds of people by the end
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hi havia centenars de persones al final
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who stopped and looked up
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que es paraven i alçaven el cap
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and watched what we were doing.
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per veure què estàvem fent.
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There's a better photo of it.
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Aquí hi ha una foto més bona.
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So that particular event
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Aquest esdeveniment particular
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was inspired by a moment
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Va sorgir d'un moment
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that I happened to stumble upon.
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que vaig passar per casualitat.
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The next project I want to show
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El següent projecte
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was given to me in an email from a stranger.
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arriba d'un correu elecrònic d'un desconegut.
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A high school kid in Texas wrote me in 2006
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Em va escriure un noi de secundària de Texas al 2006
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and said, "You should get as many people as possible
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i em va dir: "Hauries de reunir tanta gent com sigui possible
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to put on blue polo shirts and khaki pants
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amb polo blau i pantalons caqui
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and go into a Best Buy and stand around."
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i donar voltes per Best Buy".
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
06:44
So I wrote this high school kid back immediately,
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Vaig respondre al noi al moment
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and I said, "Yes, you are correct.
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dient-li: "Sí, tens tota la raó.
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I think I'll try to do that this weekend. Thank you."
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Crec que ho faré aquest cap de setmana. Gràcies".
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So here's the video.
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Aquest és el video.
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So again, this is 2005.
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De nou, això és al 2005.
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This is the Best Buy in New York City.
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Aquest és el Best Buy de Nova York.
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We had about 80 people show up to participate,
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Van participar unes 80 persones
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entering one-by-one.
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van entrar una per una.
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There was an eight year-old girl, a 10 year-old girl.
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Hi havia una nena de 8 anys, una de 10.
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There was also a 65 year-old man
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Va participar-hi també un home gran
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who participated.
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de 65 anys.
07:07
So a very diverse group of people.
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Un grup molt divers de gent.
07:09
And I told people, "Don't work. Don't actually do work.
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Els vaig dir: "No treballeu. No penqueu.
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But also, don't shop.
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Però tampoc compreu.
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Just stand around and don't face products."
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Simplement camineu i no mireu els productes".
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Now you can see the regular employees
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Podeu distingir als treballadors
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by the ones that have the yellow tags on their shirt.
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perquè tenen etiquetes grogues a les camises.
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Everybody else is one of our actors.
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Tots els altres són actors nostres.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
07:24
The lower level employees thought it was very funny.
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Als treballadors els va semblar molt divertit.
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And in fact, several of them went to go get their camera from the break room
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De fet, alguns van anar a buscar les seves càmeres i van tornar
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and took photos with us.
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per fer-se fotos amb nosaltres.
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A lot of them made jokes about trying to get us to go to the back
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Molts feien bromes convidant-nos a carregar
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to get heavy television sets for customers.
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televisors pesats per als clients.
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The managers and the security guards, on the other hand,
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Als gerents i guardies de seguretat, per altra banda,
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did not find it particularly funny.
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no els va fer gens de gràcia.
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You can see them in this footage.
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Mireu-los aquí.
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They're wearing either a yellow shirt or a black shirt.
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Porten camises grogues o negres.
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And we were there probably 10 minutes
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I feia uns 10 minuts que érem allà
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before the managers decided to dial 911.
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quan els gerents van trucar al 911.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
07:53
So they started running around
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Van començar a afanyar-se
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telling everybody the cops were coming, watch out, the cops were coming.
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dient-nos a tots que venia la policia. "Atenció, que ve la policia".
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And you can see the cops in this footage right here.
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Aquí podeu veure els polis.
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That's a cop wearing black right there, being filmed with a hidden camera.
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Aquest n'és un vestit de negre, filmat per una càmera oculta.
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Ultimately, the police had to inform Best Buy management
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Finalment, la policia va informar a la gerencia de Best Buy
08:06
that it was not, in fact, illegal
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que, de fet, no era il·legal
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to wear a blue polo shirt and khaki pants.
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vestir polo blau i pantalons caqui.
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(Laughter)
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(Riures)
08:12
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
08:16
Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
08:21
So we had been there for 20 minutes; we were happy to exit the store.
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Vam estar allà 20 minuts; ens va alegrar sortir de la botiga.
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One thing the managers were trying to do
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Els gerents van estar intentant
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was to track down our cameras.
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localitzar les nostres càmeres
08:28
And they caught a couple of my guys who had hidden cameras in duffel bags.
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i van atrapar un parell de nois que tenien càmeres ocultes dintre unes bosses.
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But the one camera guy they never caught
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Pero no van atrapar al càmera
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was the guy that went in just with a blank tape
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que va anar amb una cinta en blanc
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and went over to the Best Buy camera department
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a la secció de càmeres de Best Buy
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and just put his tape in one of their cameras
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i va posar la seva cinta a una de les càmeres
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and pretended to shop.
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i va fer veure que la volia comprar.
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So I like that concept of using their own technology against them.
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M'agrada la idea d'utilitzar la seva pròpia tecnologia en contra seva.
08:45
(Laughter)
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08:47
I think our best projects are ones that are site specific
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Crec que els millors projectes se situen
08:49
and happen at a particular place for a reason.
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en un lloc en particular per alguna raó.
08:51
And one morning, I was riding the subway.
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Un matí estava agafant el metro.
08:53
I had to make a transfer at the 53rd St. stop
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Havia de fer transbord a la parada del carrer 53
08:55
where there are these two giant escalators.
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on hi ha aquestes dues escales gegants.
08:57
And it's a very depressing place to be in the morning, it's very crowded.
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Al matí és un lloc molt depriment, molt ple de gent.
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So I decided to try and stage something
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Per això vaig decidir fer-hi alguna cosa
09:02
that could make it as happy as possible for one morning.
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que el transformés en un lloc feliç per un matí.
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So this was in the winter of 2009 --
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Estem a l'hivern de 2009
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8:30 in the morning.
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a les 8.30 del matí.
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It's morning rush hour.
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Hora punta del matí.
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It's very cold outside.
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A fora fa molt fred.
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People are coming in from Queens,
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Les persones venen de Queens
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transferring from the E train to the 6 train.
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i passen del tren E al 6.
09:19
And they're going up these giant escalators
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Van cap a les escales gegants
09:21
on their way to their jobs.
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de camí a la feina.
09:34
(Laughter)
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09:46
(Laughter)
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(Riures)
09:48
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
09:54
Thank you.
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Gràcies.
09:56
So there's a photograph that illustrates it a little bit better.
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Hi ha una foto que ho il·lustra millor.
09:59
He gave 2,000 high fives that day,
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Va xocar la mà uns 2.000 cops aquell dia.
10:01
and he washed his hands before and afterward
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i es va rentar les mans abans i després
10:03
and did not get sick.
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i no va caure malalt.
10:05
And that was done also without permission,
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Això també vam fer-ho sense permís
10:07
although no one seemed to care.
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i a ningú li va importar.
10:09
So I'd say over the years,
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Diria que en els últims anys
10:11
one of the most common criticisms I see of Improv Everywhere
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la principal crítica que veig contra a Improv Everywhere
10:14
left anonymously on YouTube comments
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ve de forma anònima en comentaris de YouTube:
10:16
is: "These people have too much time on their hands."
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"Aquesta gent té massa temps lliure".
10:19
And you know, not everybody's going to like everything you do,
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És lògic pensar que la nostra feina no agradarà a tothom,
10:22
and I've certainly developed a thick skin thanks to Internet comments,
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i gràcies a Internet m'he fet una cuirassa
10:24
but that one's always bothered me,
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però això del temps sempre m'ha molestat,
10:26
because we don't have too much time on our hands.
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perque no tenim massa temps lliure.
10:28
The participants at Improv Everywhere events
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Qui participa en events d'Improv Everywhere
10:31
have just as much leisure time as any other New Yorkers,
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té el mateix temps lliure que qualsevol altre persona
10:33
they just occasionally choose
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només que a vegades escullen
10:35
to spend it in an unusual way.
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passar-lo de manera diferent.
10:37
You know, every Saturday and Sunday,
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Ja sabeu, cada dissabte i diumenge
10:39
hundreds of thousands of people each fall
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centenars de milers de persones cada tardor
10:41
gather in football stadiums to watch games.
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es reuneixen en estadis de futbol per veure partits.
10:43
And I've never seen anybody comment, looking at a football game,
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I no he vist a ningú dir, veient un partit,
10:46
saying, "All those people in the stands, they have too much time on their hands."
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"Tota aquesta gent de les grades té massa temps lliure".
10:49
And of course they don't.
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Per suposat que no és així.
10:51
It's a perfectly wonderful way to spent a weekend afternoon,
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És una manera perfecte de passar la tarda del cap de setmana
10:53
watching a football game in a stadium.
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mirar un partit de futbol en un estadi.
10:56
But I think it's also a perfectly valid way
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Però crec que també és perfectament vàlid
10:58
to spend an afternoon freezing in place with 200 people
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passar la tarda gelant-se en un lloc amb 200 persones
11:01
in the Grand Central terminal
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a la terminal Grand Central
11:03
or dressing up like a ghostbuster
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o disfrassar-se de 'caça-fantasmes'
11:06
and running through the New York Public Library.
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i córrer per la Biblioteca Pública de Nova York.
11:08
(Laughter)
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(Riures)
11:10
Or listening to the same MP3 as 3,000 other people
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O escoltar la mateixa cançó que altres 3.000 persones
11:13
and dancing silently in a park,
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i ballar en silenci en un parc,
11:16
or bursting into song in a grocery store
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o fer sonar una cançó en un supermercat
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as part of a spontaneous musical,
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com a part d'un musical espontani,
11:20
or diving into the ocean in Coney Island wearing formal attire.
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o ficar-se al mar de Coney Island amb roba formal.
11:23
You know, as kids, we're taught to play.
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Sabeu, de petits ens ensenyen a jugar
11:26
And we're never given a reason why we should play.
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i mai ens han donat una raó per la qual hauríem de jugar.
11:28
It's just acceptable that play is a good thing.
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Simplement acceptem que jugar és bo.
11:31
And I think that's sort of the point of Improv Everywhere.
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I crec que aquesta és la idea d'Improv Everywhere.
11:34
It's that there is no point and that there doesn't have to be a point.
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Que no té sentit; no n'ha de tenir, de sentit.
11:36
We don't need a reason.
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No cal cap raó.
11:38
As long as it's fun
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Mentre sigui divertit.
11:40
and it seems like it's going to be a funny idea
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I sembla que la idea sigui divertida,
11:42
and it seems like the people who witness it will also have a fun time,
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i que la gent que ho veurà es divertirà,
11:45
then that's enough for us.
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és suficient per nosaltres.
11:47
And I think, as adults, we need to learn
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Crec que com adults hem d'aprendre
11:49
that there's no right or wrong way to play.
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que no hi ha maneres correctes o incorrectes de jugar.
11:51
Thank you very much.
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Moltes gràcies.
11:53
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Charlie Todd - ComedianCharlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes.
Why you should listen
Bored by a temp job, and tired of waiting for someone to give him a stage, comedian Charlie Todd decided to make his own. So he walked into a bar and pretended to be musician Ben Folds. It went so well that it inspired him to create Improv Everywhere, "a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places."
Todd has produced, directed, performed, and documented the group’s work for over ten years. In that time they've run over 100 prank missions, some involving hundreds or thousands of agents, and each one creating a wonderful and irreproducible experience.
He's a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, and is the author of Causing a Scene.
Watch our photographer's view of the TED2012 prank ... and see how Improv Everywhere pulled it off with the help of a few willing TEDsters ...
Charlie Todd | Speaker | TED.com