New York, New York –Forget what you heard about the socially conscious group ‘Adbusters’ giving birth to the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement.
As it turns out, the whole thing got started when a director making a TV commercial for a mobile phone company hired extras to play the role of a flash mob gathered on Wall Street.
“You may remember the first TV ad with a guy in New York’s Penn Station dancing all alone, because he didn’t get a text message in time,” said James Marcus, an on scene production assistant. “This commercial was the next installment in a series of a total of three TV ads.”
That was before ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors started showing up, mixing among the extras for the shoot.
In the original script, the second installment of the TV ad, the same man is playing catch up with the flash mob, only to find himself dancing all alone again.
However, the director tossed out the script when the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors arrived.
“By the time we finished shooting the last scene,” said the production assistant. “We found ourselves surrounded by demonstrators.”
As a result of the protestors out numbering the extras, the director began re-shooting the TV commercial, incorporating the real protestors into the latest installment of the ad.
“This time,” continued the production assistant. “Instead of having the guy dancing alone on Wall Street, as originally called for in the script. Now, we’re going to have him come across the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors.”
And with an extreme close-up on the man’s face, with a bewildered look on it, the audience hears a voiceover announcing: “Don’t let this happen to you.”
Now, the only trouble is the director and crew cannot find the guy in order to finish shooting the TV commercial.
“We think he may have joined the movement,” said the production assistant.
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