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Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
Charlie Todd: Den fælles oplevelse af absurditet
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Charlie Todd skaber bizarre, sjove og uforventede offentlige scener: Halvfjerds synkroniserede dansere i butiksvinduer, "Ghostbusters" der løber gennem New York Public Library, og den årlige bukseløse metro tur. I TEDxBloomington viser han hvordan hans gruppe , Improv Everywhere, bruger disse scener til at bringe mennesker sammen.'
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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00:15
I started Improv Everywhere about 10 years ago
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Jeg begyndte Improv Everywhere for 10 år siden
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when I moved to New York City with an interest in acting and comedy.
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da jeg flyttede til New York City med en interesse i at optræde og komedie.
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Because I was new to the city, I didn't have access to a stage,
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Fordi jeg var ny i byen havde jeg ikke adgang til en scene.
00:24
so I decided to create my own in public places.
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så jeg besluttede mig for a danne min egen i offentlige steder.
00:27
So the first project we're going to take a look at
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Så den første projekt vi skal kigge på
00:29
is the very first No Pants Subway Ride.
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er den aller første No Pants Subway Ride (Ingen Bukser Metro Tur)
00:31
Now this took place in January of 2002.
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Det fandt sted i Januar 2002
00:33
And this woman is the star of the video.
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og denne kvinde er stjernen af videoen
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She doesn't know she's being filmed.
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Hun ved ikke at hun bliver filmet
00:37
She's being filmed with a hidden camera.
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Hun er filmet med et skjult kamera
00:39
This is on the 6 train in New York City.
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Det er på toget 6 i New York City
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And this is the first stop along the line.
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og det er den første stop i linjen
00:43
These are two Danish guys
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Det er to danske fyre
00:45
who come out and sit down next to the hidden camera.
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som kommer og sætter sig ned ved siden af det skjulte kamera.
00:48
And that's me right there in a brown coat.
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og det er mig lige her med en brun jakke
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It's about 30 degrees outside.
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Det er ca. 0 grader udenfor
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I'm wearing a hat. I'm wearing a scarf.
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Jeg har en hat og et tørklæde
00:54
And the girl's going to notice me right here.
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Og pigen kommer til at lægge mærke til mig lige her.
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
01:05
And as you'll see now, I'm not wearing pants.
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og som I kan se nu har jeg ikke nogen bukser på.
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
01:10
So at this point --
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så på det tidspunkt -
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at this point she's noticed me,
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på det tidspunkt har hun lagt mærk til mig
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but in New York there's weirdos on any given train car.
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men i New York er der mærkelige mennesker i enhver vogn
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One person's not that unusual.
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En person er ikke så usædvanligt.
01:18
She goes back to reading her book, which is unfortunately titled "Rape."
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Hun går tilbage til at læse hendes bog, som desværre hedder "Voldtægt".
01:21
(Laughter)
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(Latter)
01:25
So she's noticed the unusual thing,
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Så hun har bemærket den mærkelige ting
01:27
but she's gone back to her normal life.
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men hun er tilbage til hendes normale liv
01:29
Now in the meantime, I have six friends
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på samme tidspunkt har jeg 6 venner
01:31
who are waiting at the next six consecutive stops in their underwear as well.
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som også venter i de kommende 6 stop i deres undertøj
01:35
They're going to be entering this car one by one.
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De kommer til at komme ind i toget en efter en
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We'll act as though we don't know each other.
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Vi laver som om vi ikke kender hinanden
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And we'll act as if it's just an unfortunate mistake we've made,
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og som om det kun er en uheldig fejl vi har lavet
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forgetting our pants on this cold January day.
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at glemme vores bukser på den her kold Januar dag
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(Laughter)
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latter
02:11
So at this point,
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så på det tidspunkt
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she decides to put the rape book away.
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bestemmer hun sig for at sætte voldtægt bogen væk.
02:15
(Laughter)
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02:17
And she decides to be a little bit more aware of her surroundings.
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og hun bestemmer sig for at være lidt mere bevidst om sine omgivelser.
02:21
Now in the meantime, the two Danish guys to the left of the camera,
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På det smme tidspunkt, de to danske fyre til venstre for kameraet
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they're cracking up.
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de kan ikke håndtere det mere
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They think this is the funniest thing they've ever seen before.
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de synes at der er det sjoveste som de nogensinde har oplevet
02:27
And watch her make eye contact with them right about now.
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Og se hende få øjenkontakt med dem lige omkring nu.
02:35
(Laughter)
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(latter)
02:37
And I love that moment in this video,
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Og jeg elsker dette tidspunkt i videoen,
02:39
because before it became a shared experience,
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fordi før det blev til en delt oplevelse
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it was something that was maybe a little bit scary,
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var det noget som måske var lidt uhyggeligt
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or something that was at least confusing to her.
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eller noget, der var i det mindste forvirrende for hende.
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And then once it became a shared experience,
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og da det først bliver til en delt oplevelse
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it was funny and something that she could laugh at.
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blev det sjovt og noget som hun kunne grine af
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So the train is now pulling into
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Så toget er nu ved at trække ind
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the third stop along the 6 line.
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for der tredje stop i linje 6
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
03:12
So the video won't show everything.
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Videoen kommer ikke til at vise det hele
03:14
This goes on for another four stops.
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dette forsætter for endnu fire stop
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A total of seven guys enter anonymously in their underwear.
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I alt træder syv fyre ind anonymt i deres undertøj.
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At the eighth stop, a girl came in with a giant duffel bag
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På den ottende stop, kom en pige ind med en gigantisk sportstaske
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and announced she had pants for sale for a dollar --
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og meddelte hun havde bukser til salg for en dollar -
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like you might sell batteries or candy on the train.
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som man kunne sælge batterier eller slik på et tog.
03:28
We all very matter of factly bought a pair of pants, put them on
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Vi købte alle sammen et par bukser og tog dem på
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and said, "Thank you. That's exactly what I needed today,"
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og sagde "Mange tak. Det var lige det jeg havde brug for idag."
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and then exited without revealing what had happened
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og derefter forladt toget uden at afsløre hvad der var sket
03:37
and went in all different directions.
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og gik i alle forskellige retninger.
03:39
(Applause)
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(klapsalver)
03:41
Thank you.
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Mange Tak
03:45
So that's a still from the video there.
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Så det er stadigvæk fra videoen her.
03:47
And I love that girl's reaction so much.
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Og jeg elsker bare den piges reaktion så meget.
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And watching that videotape later that day
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og at se den videobånd senere på dagen
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inspired me to keep doing what I do.
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inspirerede mig til at fortsætte med at gøre, hvad jeg gør.
03:53
And really one of the points of Improv Everywhere
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Og en af formålene med Improv Everywhere
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is to cause a scene in a public place
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er virkelig at skabe en scene på et offentligt sted
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that is a positive experience for other people.
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der er en positiv oplevelse for andre mennesker.
04:00
It's a prank, but it's a prank that gives somebody a great story to tell.
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det er en ren spøg, men det er en spøg som giver én en god historie at fortælle
04:03
And her reaction inspired me
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Og hendes reaktion gav mig inspiration
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to do a second annual No Pants Subway Ride.
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for at lave en anden årlig No Pants Subway Ride.
04:07
And we've continued to do it every year.
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Og vi har fortsat med at gøre det hvert år.
04:09
This January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride
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I januar, gjorde vi det 10. årlige Ingen Pants Subway Ride
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where a diverse group of 3,500 people
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hvor en blandet gruppe på 3.500 personer
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rode the train in their underwear in New York --
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tog toget i deres undertøj i New York -
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almost every single train line in the city.
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næsten hver eneste tog linie i byen.
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And also in 50 other cities around the world,
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Og også i 50 andre byer rundt om i verden,
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people participated.
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deltog folk.
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
04:24
As I started taking improv class at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
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Da jeg startede med at tage improvisationsundervisning på Upright Citizens Brigade Theater
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and meeting other creative people and other performers and comedians,
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og møde andre kreative mennesker og andre udøvende kunstnere og komikere,
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I started amassing a mailing list
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Jeg begyndte at samle en mailingliste
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of people who wanted to do these types of projects.
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af mennesker, der ønskede at gøre disse typer af projekter.
04:34
So I could do more large-scale projects.
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Så jeg kunne organisere større projekter.
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Well one day I was walking through Union Square,
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En dag gik jeg igennem Union Square,
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and I saw this building,
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og så denne bygning
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which had just been built in 2005.
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som var blevet bygget i 2005
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And there was a girl in one of the windows and she was dancing.
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og der var en pige i en af vinduerne og hun dansede
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And it was very peculiar,
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Og det var meget usædvanligt,
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because it was dark out, but she was back-lit with florescent lighting,
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fordi det var mørkt, men hun var baggrundsbelyst med fluorescerende belysning,
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and she was very much onstage,
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og det var som om hun var på en scene
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and I couldn't figure out why she was doing it.
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men jeg kun ikke gennemskue hvorfor hun gjorde det.
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After about 15 seconds, her friend appeared --
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Efter ca. 15 sekunder, dukkede hendes veninde op --
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she had been hiding behind a display --
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Hun havde gemt sig bag en skærm -
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and they laughed and hugged each other and ran away.
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og de lo og krammede hinanden og løb væk.
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So it seemed like maybe she had been dared to do this.
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Så det virkede som om hun måske var blevet vovet om at gøre det
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So I got inspired by that.
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og det inspirerede mig
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Looking at the entire facade -- there were 70 total windows --
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Ved at se på hele facaden - var der 70 i alt vinduer -
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and I knew what I had to do.
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vidste jeg hvad jeg skulle gøre
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
05:09
So this project is called Look Up More. We had 70 actors dress in black.
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Så dette projekt hedder Look Up More. Vi havde 70 skuespillere klædt i sort.
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This was completely unauthorized.
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Dette var helt uautoriseret.
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We didn't let the stores know we were coming.
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Vi havde ikke ladt butikkerne vide, at vi var på vej.
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And I stood in the park giving signals.
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Og jeg stod i parken give signaler.
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The first signal was for everybody to hold up these four-foot tall letters
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Det første signal blev for alle til at holde op disse halvandenmeter høje bogstaver
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that spelled out "Look Up More,"
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som sagde "Look Up More" (Se Op Mere)
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the name of the project.
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projektets navn
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The second signal was for everybody to do Jumping jacks together.
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Det andet signal blev for alle at gøre sprællemænd sammen.
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You'll see that start right here.
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Man kan se det lige her.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
05:34
And then we had dancing. We had everyone dance.
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Og så had vi danse. Vi fik alle til at danse.
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And then we had dance solos where only one person would dance
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Og så havde vi solo danser, hvor kun en person dansede
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and everybody would point to them.
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og alle pegede til dem.
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(Laughter)
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So then I gave a new hand signal,
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Så derefter gav jeg en håndsignal,
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which signaled the next soloist down below in Forever 21,
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som betød at den næste soloist i Forever 21,
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and he danced.
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og han dansede
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There were several other activities.
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Dere var andre forskellige aktiviteter.
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We had people jumping up and down,
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Vi havde folk der hoppede op og ned.
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people dropping to the ground.
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folk der faldt på gulvet
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And I was standing just anonymously in a sweatshirt,
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og jeg stod der bare anonymt i en sweat shirt
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putting my hand on and off of a trashcan
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og sat min hånd på og ud af en skraldespand
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to signal the advancement.
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for at signalere fremgangen.
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And because it was in Union Square Park, right by a subway station,
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Og fordi det var i Union Square Park, lige ved en metrostation,
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there were hundreds of people by the end
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var der hundredvis af mennesker ved udgangen
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who stopped and looked up
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som stoppede og kiggede op
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and watched what we were doing.
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for at se hvad vi var i gang med.
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There's a better photo of it.
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Der er et bedre billede her.
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So that particular event
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Så denne bestemte begivenhed
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was inspired by a moment
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blev inspireret af et øjeblik
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that I happened to stumble upon.
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som jeg tilfældigvis snublede over.
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The next project I want to show
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Den næste projekt jeg gerne vil vise
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was given to me in an email from a stranger.
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blev givet til mig i en mail fra en fremmed.
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A high school kid in Texas wrote me in 2006
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En gymnasie-dreng i Texas skrev til mig i 2006
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and said, "You should get as many people as possible
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og sagde " Du burde prøve at få som mange som muligt
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to put on blue polo shirts and khaki pants
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til at sætte blå poloer og khaki bukser på
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and go into a Best Buy and stand around."
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og gå ind i en Best Buy og gå rundt. "
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(Laughter)
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06:42
(Applause)
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(klapsalver)
06:44
So I wrote this high school kid back immediately,
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Så jeg skrev tilbage til gymnasie-drengen med det samme,
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and I said, "Yes, you are correct.
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og sagde: "Ja, du har ret
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I think I'll try to do that this weekend. Thank you."
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jeg tror jeg prøver det i week enden. Tak skal du have."
06:50
So here's the video.
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Så her er videoen.
06:52
So again, this is 2005.
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Igen, det er i 2005.
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This is the Best Buy in New York City.
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Det Best Buy'en i New York City.
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We had about 80 people show up to participate,
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Vi havde ca. 80 mennesker som var med
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entering one-by-one.
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og som kom ind en efter en.
07:01
There was an eight year-old girl, a 10 year-old girl.
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Der var en 8-årige pige, en 10-årige pige.
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There was also a 65 year-old man
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Der var også en 65-årige mand.
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who participated.
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som var med.
07:07
So a very diverse group of people.
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så en meget blandet gruppe mennesker.
07:09
And I told people, "Don't work. Don't actually do work.
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Og jeg fortalte folk, "Lad vær med at arbejde, lad være med at egenltig lave arbejde.¼
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But also, don't shop.
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Men lad vær med at købe
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Just stand around and don't face products."
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Bare gå rundt, men lad vær med at kigge på produkter"
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Now you can see the regular employees
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Nu kan I se de rigtige medarbejdere
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by the ones that have the yellow tags on their shirt.
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det er dem som har de gule tags på deres trøjer.
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Everybody else is one of our actors.
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Alle de andre er en af vores skuespillere.
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
07:24
The lower level employees thought it was very funny.
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De lavere niveau medarbejdere syntes at det var meget morsomt.
07:26
And in fact, several of them went to go get their camera from the break room
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Og faktisk var der flere der hentede deres kameraer fra pause værelset.
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and took photos with us.
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og tog billeder med os.
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A lot of them made jokes about trying to get us to go to the back
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Mange af dem lavede vittigheder om at sende os bagved
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to get heavy television sets for customers.
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for at hente tunge tv-apparater for kunderne
07:36
The managers and the security guards, on the other hand,
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Ledelsen og sikkerhedsvagter, på den anden side,
07:39
did not find it particularly funny.
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syntes ikke set var spor sjovt
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You can see them in this footage.
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I kan se dem i videoen
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They're wearing either a yellow shirt or a black shirt.
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De har enten gule eller sorte trøjer
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And we were there probably 10 minutes
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og vi blev ca. 10 minutter
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before the managers decided to dial 911.
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før ledelsen besluttede sig for at kalde 112.
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(Laughter)
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07:53
So they started running around
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så de begyndte at løbe rundt
07:55
telling everybody the cops were coming, watch out, the cops were coming.
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og sagde til at politiet kom, pas på, politiet kommer.
07:58
And you can see the cops in this footage right here.
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Og I kan se politiet i videoen her.
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That's a cop wearing black right there, being filmed with a hidden camera.
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Det er en politimand med et sort slips, som bliver filmet med et skjult kamera
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Ultimately, the police had to inform Best Buy management
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Til sidst blev politiet nød til at sige til Best buy ledelsen,
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that it was not, in fact, illegal
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at det faktisk ikke var ulovligt
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to wear a blue polo shirt and khaki pants.
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at have en blå polo og khaki bukser på.
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(Laughter)
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(latter)
08:12
(Applause)
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(klapsalver)
08:16
Thank you.
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Mange tak.
08:18
(Applause)
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(klapsalver)
08:21
So we had been there for 20 minutes; we were happy to exit the store.
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Så vi havde været der i 20 minutter og var glade for at forlade butikken.
08:24
One thing the managers were trying to do
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En ting som ledelsen prøvede at lave
08:26
was to track down our cameras.
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var at opspore vores kameraer.
08:28
And they caught a couple of my guys who had hidden cameras in duffel bags.
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Og de fangede et par af mine gutter, der havde skjulte kameraer i sportstasker.
08:31
But the one camera guy they never caught
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Men det ene kamera som de aldrig fik fanget
08:33
was the guy that went in just with a blank tape
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var den fyr, som gik med bare et tomt bånd
08:35
and went over to the Best Buy camera department
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og gik over til Best Buy kameraet afdelingen
08:37
and just put his tape in one of their cameras
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og bare sat sit tape i et af deres kameraer
08:39
and pretended to shop.
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og lavede som om han købte noget
08:42
So I like that concept of using their own technology against them.
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Jeg kan lide konceptet i at brug deres egen teknologi imod dem
08:45
(Laughter)
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08:47
I think our best projects are ones that are site specific
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Jeg tror at vores bedste projekter er dem som er stedsspecifikke
08:49
and happen at a particular place for a reason.
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og sker på et bestemt sted for en grund.
08:51
And one morning, I was riding the subway.
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Og en morgen, var jeg i metroen.
08:53
I had to make a transfer at the 53rd St. stop
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Jeg skulle skifte på 53. St. stoppet
08:55
where there are these two giant escalators.
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hvor der er disse to gigantiske rulletrapper.
08:57
And it's a very depressing place to be in the morning, it's very crowded.
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Og det er en meget deprimerende sted at være om morgenen, det er en stor menneskemængde.
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So I decided to try and stage something
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Så jeg besluttede mig for at prøve at iscenesætte noget
09:02
that could make it as happy as possible for one morning.
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for at gøre det så glad som muligt om morgen.
09:06
So this was in the winter of 2009 --
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Så det her er i vinteren 2009 --
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8:30 in the morning.
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Kl. 8:30
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It's morning rush hour.
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Det er morgen myldretiden.
09:12
It's very cold outside.
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Der er meget koldt udenfor.
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People are coming in from Queens,
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Folk kommer fra Queens
09:16
transferring from the E train to the 6 train.
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og skifter fra E-toget til 6-toget.
09:19
And they're going up these giant escalators
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Og de går op af disse kæmpe rulletrappere
09:21
on their way to their jobs.
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på vej til deres jobs.
09:34
(Laughter)
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09:46
(Laughter)
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09:48
(Applause)
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09:54
Thank you.
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Mange tak.
09:56
So there's a photograph that illustrates it a little bit better.
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Så her er et billede som viser det lidt bedre.
09:59
He gave 2,000 high fives that day,
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Han gav 2 000 high fives denne dag,
10:01
and he washed his hands before and afterward
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og han vaskede hænder før og efter
10:03
and did not get sick.
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og blev ikke syg
10:05
And that was done also without permission,
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og det blev også lavet uden autorisation
10:07
although no one seemed to care.
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selv om alle så ud som om de var ligeglade
10:09
So I'd say over the years,
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Så jeg vil sig at gennem årene
10:11
one of the most common criticisms I see of Improv Everywhere
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en af de mest udbredte kritikpunkter jeg ser af Improv Everywhere
10:14
left anonymously on YouTube comments
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som bliver lavet anonymt på Youtube
10:16
is: "These people have too much time on their hands."
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er : "Disse mennesker har alt for meget tid i deres hænder."
10:19
And you know, not everybody's going to like everything you do,
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Og I ved, at det ikke er alle der kommer til at kunne lide alt det man gør,
10:22
and I've certainly developed a thick skin thanks to Internet comments,
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og jeg har helt sikkert udviklet en tyk hud takket være kommentarer på internettet,
10:24
but that one's always bothered me,
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men det er en som jeg hver gang har syntes var irriterende
10:26
because we don't have too much time on our hands.
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fordi så meget tid har vi ikke .
10:28
The participants at Improv Everywhere events
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Deltagerne i Improv Everywhere arrangementer
10:31
have just as much leisure time as any other New Yorkers,
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har lige så meget fritid som alle andre newyorkere,
10:33
they just occasionally choose
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en gang imellem vælger de bare
10:35
to spend it in an unusual way.
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at bruge deres tid på en usædvanlig måde.
10:37
You know, every Saturday and Sunday,
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du ved, hver Lørdag og søndag
10:39
hundreds of thousands of people each fall
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hundredtusinder af mennesker hvert forår
10:41
gather in football stadiums to watch games.
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samles i stadier for at se kampe.
10:43
And I've never seen anybody comment, looking at a football game,
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Og jeg har aldrig set nogen sige, da de så en fodbolds kamp,
10:46
saying, "All those people in the stands, they have too much time on their hands."
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"Alle disse mennesker i tribunerne, de har alt for meget tid i deres hænder. "
10:49
And of course they don't.
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og selvfølgelig gør de ikke det
10:51
It's a perfectly wonderful way to spent a weekend afternoon,
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det er en fuldstændig pragtfuld måde at bruge en weekend aften
10:53
watching a football game in a stadium.
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på at se en fodboldkamp i et stadion
10:56
But I think it's also a perfectly valid way
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Men jeg mener, at det er også en udmærket og gyldig måde
10:58
to spend an afternoon freezing in place with 200 people
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at bruge en aften på at fryse på plads med 200 mennesker
11:01
in the Grand Central terminal
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i Grand Central Terminalen
11:03
or dressing up like a ghostbuster
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eller klæde sig op som en Ghostbuster
11:06
and running through the New York Public Library.
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og løbe i New York Public Library.
11:08
(Laughter)
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11:10
Or listening to the same MP3 as 3,000 other people
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eller at lytte til den samme MP3 som 3000 andre mennesker
11:13
and dancing silently in a park,
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og danse lydløst i en park,
11:16
or bursting into song in a grocery store
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eller sprænge i sang i en kødmandsbutik
11:18
as part of a spontaneous musical,
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som del af en spontan musical,
11:20
or diving into the ocean in Coney Island wearing formal attire.
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eller dykke ned i havet i Coney Island iført formelle påklædning.
11:23
You know, as kids, we're taught to play.
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I ved, som børn, bliver oplært i at lege.
11:26
And we're never given a reason why we should play.
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Men vi får aldrig at vide hvorfor vi skulle lege.
11:28
It's just acceptable that play is a good thing.
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Det er bare accepteret at leg er en god ting
11:31
And I think that's sort of the point of Improv Everywhere.
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og jeg tror at det er formålet med 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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Det er at der ikke er noget formål og der er ikke bruge for noget formål.
11:36
We don't need a reason.
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Vi har ikke brug for en grund
11:38
As long as it's fun
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bare det er sjovt
11:40
and it seems like it's going to be a funny idea
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og det ser ud som om det bliver til en sjov idé
11:42
and it seems like the people who witness it will also have a fun time,
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og det ser ud som om folk som kommer til at se det også vil have det sjovt
11:45
then that's enough for us.
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så er det nok for os.
11:47
And I think, as adults, we need to learn
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Og jeg tror at som voksne, har vi brug for at lære
11:49
that there's no right or wrong way to play.
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at der ikke er noget rigtigt eller forkert i at spille
11:51
Thank you very much.
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Tak skal I have.
11:53
(Applause)
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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