A Basic Lesson In Snap Fundamentals
Rich over at FourFour has found more internet gold with the following segment on "snapping" from a PBS series Tongues Untied. But whereas a lot of funny viral clips seem hilarious and out-of-date, suggesting a world we can't believe used to exist much less a world which we ourselves might have inhabited, this video remains timeless and useful. Face it, while the world is changing at an increasingly rapid pace (who wrote this post? Professor Snore?), we still need to know how to snap correctly. Whether you're at a fancy dinner party at the mayor's apartment, or a casual children's basketball game next to the highway, this video will help you find the right snap for any occasion!
Now you are snapping, girl!
Posted by Gabe at 2:45 PM in PSAs
Tags: Snaps | Tongues Untied
White Men Can't Snap
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Whoa! That is so terrifying! If I was in an argument with one of these guys and then he dissed me and snapped one of those diva-snaps, that's it. I would run away with my tail between my legs. Because I got owned.
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The first part looks like some sort of "Stomp"-style Broadway show... "Snap! Tickets on sale now!"
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I hope this video will help me get into The Institute of Snap!thology, but just in case I don't get in, I have several safe schools, including Ohnohedidnt College and Backyourselffool University (they have a really good graduate program).
Score = 35
THIS VIDEO IS SO AMAZING, I AM SO INTO IT. I am snapping as I watch this, and waggling my head and all my limbs. It looks like Elaine Benes is possessed by David Byrne.
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i guess im more into the 'play it cool' style of snapz
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i tried to post a vid of the west side story number. it didn't work. i guess i'll give "grAHNd diva" a whirl.
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I don't think my sassy fingers will have the same effect without the sassy bassline.
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I give this video three snaps in Z formation. The Zorro snap!
Score = 24
Two snaps, a twist and a kiss.
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I nominate this whole video for our new National Anthem.
Score = 12
Is it bad that I've definitely seen this before in a Survey of Media Art class I took freshman year (lol Bard)?
I'm going to go with no, because this video is still awesome.
Score = 5
go gamecocks?
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What a letdown. I thought it was going to be the other kind of snaps, like "your mama's so fat, when she was born the hospital got stretch marks."
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im kinda enjoying getting so downvoted. cuz like, i'm not clever enough to get super upvoted.
Score = 7
Boy, that new version of The Electric Company is out there!
Score = 0
This first five seconds of this video is now my voicemail greeting.
Score = 8
I feel like challenging someone to a snap off.
Score = 4
the grand diva snap is a wonder to behold
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I don't mean to be a buzzkill, but Tongues Untied is actually a pretty interesting/groundbreaking personal documentary film about race/gender/sexual orientation. The tone of this segment is getting a bit distorted out of context.
Score = 11
I thought it was about snaps.
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But maybe we can just pull an L & L — a "Laugh and Learn" — out of this.
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I love Classic Snap. When they tried to introduce New Snap it was such a train wreck!
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There is a Master Snap! Grand Diva? I wish I was a GRAND DIVA at something. That guy is so cool!
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She's a talker... I mean snapper.
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The "Medusa" snap is by far, the trickiest. Cause, dreads.
Score = 11
snaps is the name of the game, the name of the game is snaps.
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i actually applied to the institute of snap!thology for my post graduate work, but apparently my undergrad degree in bumology wasnt up to their standards. grand diva snap, THIS! bitches.
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If everyone watched this video, there'd be no reason to talk, we could just use different snaps to community with people.
Oh snap!
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All of these snaps are officially incorporated into my body language lexicon.
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Im pretty much positive I saw LeVar Burton from TV's Reading Rainbow up in there.
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I would like to take this snap-ortunity to mention that I think you meant "snap-casion", Gabe.
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believe it or not (although obviously believe it) we watched this video in my Experimental Video and Activism class my freshman year of college. It's from Tongues Untied by video activist/artist Marlon Riggs. The rest of the film is about gay black men and activism but this bit was pretty lol. in a 80s way. werk it out y'all.
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Can we just point out that, excluding the Grand Diva of course, everyone in this video looks like a Dad?
That is not a bad thing.
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