Post on "Keep on Trekkin'" by Kate Rights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNOB6TnHSI


I posted the link to a youtube video that involves a group of students at Ohio State University who created a flash mob. Essentially, a flash mob consists of a large group of people who put together a dance to perform in public, without the public knowing about it before it happens. It usually starts with a single dancer and as the song goes on, others join in. In this case, the students at OSU decided to perform their flash mob to the Glee version of "Don't Stop Believing". Glee is one of the most popular shows on television right now and has many different kinds of characters on it such as a gay student, two jewish students, cheerleaders, football players, a student in a wheelchair, asian students, and an obese student. My initial response to this video was amazement because the dancing is so out of place, and every time another group of students would join in, it completely surprised me. I'm also a huge fan of Glee. I liked it because there were all kinds of students in on the flash mob. Athletes, nerds, dancers, girls, boys, a mascot, and even an older man (possibly the chancellor). 


There are a couple of different reasons why I chose this video to go along with the article "Keep in Trekkin'". First of all, the article focuses on the fact that the show Star Trek had a huge fan base made up of not only men, but surprisingly women as well. I thought that this idea went along well with the video because the flash mob shows how diverse and how extensive the fan base for Glee's songs are, and also for the idea of living in a musical (which is in a sense,"fanfic").  The article also makes it seem more okay for girls to not necessarily be girly-girls which is related to the video because the show Glee has made misfits feel more secure in their own skin. I chose this video mostly for the diversity aspect of it since both Glee, the flash mob students, and the Star Trek cast all have people of different ethnicities, ages, and backgrounds represented, and also because Glee is, like this article, makes it okay for people to be different. Lastly, the idea of stereotyping people by what they watch is mentioned in the article. People who watch Star Trek and people who watch Glee are similar in the sense that they are either being a "trekkie" or a "gleek". 


Kate Rights
Tammy Oler
"Keep on Trekkin"