The shared experience of absurdity | Charlie Todd

Prevodilac: Radica Stojanović Lektor: Ivana Korom

Započeo sam sa Improvizacijom Svuda pre jedno deset godina

I started Improv Everywhere about 10 years ago

when I moved to New York City with an interest in acting and comedy.

kada sam se preselio u Njujork zainteresovan za glumu i komediju.

Because I was new to the city, I didn't have access to a stage,

Bio sam nov u gradu, tako da nisam imao pristup sceni,

so I decided to create my own in public places.

pa sam odlučio da stvorim svoju sopstvenu na javnim mestima.

Najpre ćemo pogledati projekat

So the first project we're going to take a look at

koji predstavlja prvu vožnju metroom bez pantalona.

is the very first No Pants Subway Ride.

Održana je januara 2002.

Now, this took place in January of 2002.

A ova žena je glavna zvezda snimka.

And this woman is the star of the video.

Ona nije svesna da je snimana.

She doesn't know she's being filmed.

Snimljena je skrivenom kamerom.

She's being filmed with a hidden camera.

Ovo je voz broj 6 u Njujorku.

This is on the 6 train in New York City.

I ovo je prva stanica na toj liniji.

And this is the first stop along the line.

Ovo su dva Danca

These are two Danish guys

who come in and sit down next to the hidden camera.

koja su ušla i sela pored skrivene kamere.

A ono sam ja tamo u braon kaputu.

And that's me right there in a brown coat.

Napolju je oko -1 C.

It's about 30 degrees outside.

I'm wearing a hat. I'm wearing a scarf.

Ja nosim šešir. I šal.

I devojka me primećuje upravo sad.

And the girl's going to notice me right here.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

And as you'll see now, I'm not wearing pants.

I kao što ćete videti sada, ne nosim pantalone.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

U ovom trenutku -

At this point --

u ovom trenutku ona me primećuje,

at this point she's noticed me,

ali u Njujorku se ludaci nalaze u svakom mogućem prevozu.

but in New York there's weirdos on any given train car.

Jedna osoba nije toliko neobična.

One person's not that unusual.

Ona se vraća čitanju svoje knjige, koja, na žalost, nosi naziv "Silovanje".

She goes back to reading her book, which is unfortunately titled "Rape."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Znači, primećuje neobičnu stvar,

So she's noticed the unusual thing, but she's gone back to her normal life.

ali se vraća svojoj normalnoj rutini.

Now, in the meantime, I have six friends

U međuvremenu, mojih šest prijatelja

who are waiting at the next six consecutive stops

čekaju na sledećim stanicama takođe samo u donjem vešu.

in their underwear as well.

They're going to be entering this car one by one.

I oni će ulaziti u voz jedan po jedan.

Ponašaćemo se kao da se ne poznajemo.

We'll act as though we don't know each other.

And we'll act as if it's just an unfortunate mistake we've made,

I ponašaćemo se kao da smo nesrećnim slučajem

forgetting our pants on this cold January day.

zaboravili svoje pantalone tog hladnog januarskog dana.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Laughter continues)

I u ovom trenutku,

So at this point,

she decides to put the rape book away.

ona odlučuje da skloni svoju knjigu o silovanju.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

I odlučuje da se malo više posveti svom okruženju.

And she decides to be a little bit more aware of her surroundings.

In the meantime, the two Danish guys to the left of the camera,

U međuvremenu, dva Danaca levo od kamere,

pucaju od smeha.

they're cracking up.

They think this is the funniest thing they've ever seen before.

Misle da je to najsmešnija stvar koju su u životu videli.

And watch her make eye contact with them right about now.

I pogledajte kako ona ostvaruje kontakt očima sa njima upravo sada.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Obožavam ovaj momenat na snimku,

And I love that moment in this video,

jer pre nego što je ovo postalo podeljeno iskustvo,

because before it became a shared experience,

it was something that was maybe a little bit scary,

bilo je možda pomalo zastrašujuće,

or something that was at least confusing to her.

ili bar zbunjujuće za nju.

Ali kada je postalo podeljeno iskustvo,

And then, once it became a shared experience,

prešlo je u nešto komično čemu se mogla nasmejati.

it was funny and something that she could laugh at.

Metro sada ulazi

So the train is now pulling into the third stop along the 6 line.

na treću stanicu šeste linije.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Snimak neće prikazati sve.

So the video won't show everything.

Ovo se nastavlja naredne četiri stanice.

This goes on for another four stops.

Svih sedam momaka je ušlo u donjem vešu.

A total of seven guys enter anonymously in their underwear.

At the eighth stop, a girl came in with a giant duffel bag

Na osmoj stanici, ušla je devojka sa ogromnim cegerom

i objavila da prodaje pantalone za dolar -

and announced she had pants for sale for a dollar --

like you might sell batteries or candy on the train.

kao što možete prodavati baterije ili slatkiše u vozu.

Svi smo kupili po par pantalona, obukli ih

We all very matter-of-factly bought a pair of pants, put them on

i rekli: "Hvala. Baš mi je to trebalo danas,"

and said, "Thank you. That's exactly what I needed today,"

and then exited without revealing what had happened

i potom se razlišli u različitim pravcima

bez objašnjenja šta se zapravo desilo.

and went in all different directions.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Hvala.

Thank you.

So that's a still from the video there.

Ovo je fotka sa tog video snimka.

And I love that girl's reaction so much.

Obožavam reakciju te devojke.

And watching that videotape later that day

I kako sam gledao snimak kasnije tog dana

inspired me to keep doing what I do.

dobio sam inspiraciju da nastavim to što sam radio.

I jedan od ciljeva Improvizacije Svuda

And really one of the points of Improv Everywhere

is to cause a scene in a public place

jeste da izazove scenu na javnom mestu

that is a positive experience for other people.

koja predstavlja pozitivno iskustvo za ljude.

It's a prank, but it's a prank that gives somebody a great story to tell.

To je šala, ali šala koja podstiče druge da je prepričavaju dalje.

I njena reakcija me inspirisala

And her reaction inspired me

to do a second annual No Pants Subway Ride.

da organizujem i drugu godišnju Vožnju Metroom Bez Pantalona.

And we've continued to do it every year.

I nastavili smo sa tim svake naredne godine.

This January, we did the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride

Ovog januara, održali smo 10. godišnju Vožnju

where a diverse group of 3,500 people

gde se raznolika grupa od 3 500 ljudi

rode the train in their underwear in New York --

vozila metroom u Njujorku bez pantalona --

gotovo na svakoj liniji u gradu.

almost every single train line in the city.

A učestvovali su i ljudi iz 50 različitih gradova

And also in 50 other cities around the world,

širom sveta.

people participated.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

As I started taking improv class at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater

Kako sam počeo da uzimam časove improvizacije u UCB Pozorištu

i počeo da upoznajem još kreativnih ljudi i ostalih izvođača i komičara,

and meeting other creative people and other performers and comedians,

moja mejling lista je počela da se puni

I started amassing a mailing list of people

ljudima koji su želeli da rade ove vrste projekata.

who wanted to do these types of projects.

So I could do more large-scale projects.

Tako sam mogao da počnem da radim projekte na višem nivou.

Well, one day I was walking through Union Square,

Jednog dana sam šetao kroz Junion Skver,

i video sam ovu zgradu,

and I saw this building, which had just been built in 2005.

koja samo što je bila izgrađena 2005.

Na jednom od prozora bila je devojka koja je igrala.

There was a girl in one of the windows and she was dancing.

Bilo je jako čudno,

It was very peculiar, because it was dark out,

jer je napolju bio mrak, a ona je bila osvetljena fluorescentnim svetlom,

but she was backlit with florescent lighting.

She was very much onstage

i ponašala se kao da je na sceni,

and I couldn't figure out why she was doing it.

a ja nisam mogao da shvatim zašto to radi.

After about 15 seconds, her friend appeared --

Posle jedno 15 sekundi, pojavila se njena prijateljica -

she had been hiding behind a display.

koja se krila iza dekoracije u izlogu -

They laughed, hugged each other and ran away.

počele su da se smeju, zagrlile su se, a potom su pobegle.

Maybe she had been dared to do this.

So I got inspired by that.

Izgledalo je kao da je bila izazvana da to uradi.

Looking at the entire facade -- there were 70 total windows --

Bio sam inspirisan time.

Gledajući celu fasadu - bilo je 70 prozora -

and I knew what I had to do.

znao sam šta treba da uradim.

(Laughter)

So this project is called Look Up More.

(Smeh)

Ovaj projekat je nazvan Pogledaj Gore. Imali smo 70 glumaca obučenih u crno.

We had 70 actors dress in black.

This was completely unauthorized.

Ovo je bilo u potpunosti bez odobrenja.

We didn't let the stores know we were coming.

Nismo rekli zaposlenima da dolazimo.

And I stood in the park giving signals.

Ja sam stajao u parku i davao signale.

The first signal was for everybody to hold up these four-foot tall letters

Prvi signal je bio da svi usprave metar visoke panoe

na kojima je pisalo "Pogledaj gore",

that spelled out "Look Up More,"

naziv projekta.

the name of the project.

The second signal was for everybody to do jumping jacks together.

Drugi je bio da svi zajedno počnu da skaču raširenih nogu sa rukama iznad glave.

You'll see that start right here.

Videćete da to počinje upravo ovde.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And then we had dancing. We had everyone dance.

Onda su počeli da igraju. Svi su igrali.

A onda je bio deo gde je samo jedna osoba igrala,

And then we had dance solos

where only one person would dance and everybody would point to them.

a ostali bi pokazivali na nju.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Potom sam dao novi signal rukom,

So then I gave a new hand signal,

koji je bio znak za sledećeg igrača kod Forever 21,

which signaled the next soloist down below in Forever 21,

i onda je on počeo da igra.

and he danced.

Bilo je još nekoliko aktivnosti.

There were several other activities.

Ljudi su skakali gore dole,

We had people jumping up and down, people dropping to the ground.

padali su na zemlju.

And I was standing just anonymously in a sweatshirt,

A ja sam stajao potpuno anonimno u dukserici,

stavljajući i sklanjajući ruku sa jedne kante za smeće

putting my hand on and off of a trashcan to signal the advancement.

što je bio znak za promenu.

And because it was in Union Square Park, right by a subway station,

I s obzirom na to da je u pitanju bio Junion skver, pored stanice metroa,

there were hundreds of people by the end who stopped and looked up

do kraja se stvorilo na stotine ljudi

koji su zastali da bi pogledali

and watched what we were doing.

šta se gore dešava.

There's a better photo of it.

Evo bolje fotografije toga.

So that particular event was inspired by a moment

Tako je baš taj događaj

bio inspirisan trenutkom

that I happened to stumble upon.

na koji sam ja slučajno naleteo.

The next project I want to show

Sledeći projekat koji želim da vam pokažem

was given to me in an email from a stranger.

stigao je do mene putem e-maila koji mi je poslao stranac.

A high school kid in Texas wrote me in 2006

Srednjoškolac iz Teksasa mi je 2006. napisao

and said, "You should get as many people as possible

"Trebalo bi da okupiš što više ljudi

to put on blue polo shirts and khaki pants

koji bi obukli plave polo majice i braon pantalone

and go into a Best Buy and stand around."

i otišli u "Best Buy" i stajali naokolo."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So I wrote this high school kid back immediately

Odgorvorio sam tom srednjoškolcu odmah,

i rekao: "U pravu si.

and I said, "Yes, you are correct.

Pokušaću to da uradim za vikend. Hvala ti."

I think I'll try to do that this weekend. Thank you."

Evo ga snimak.

So here's the video.

Još jednom, ovo je 2005.

So again, this is 2005.

Ovo je "Best Buy" u Njujorku.

This is the Best Buy in New York City.

We had about 80 people show up to participate,

Oko 80 ljudi je učestvovalo,

i ulazili su jedan po jedan.

entering one by one.

There was an eight-year-old girl, a 10-year-old girl.

Tu je bila jedna devetogodišnja devojčica, jedna desetogodišnja.

There was also a 65-year-old man who participated.

Bio je čak i šezdesetpetogodišnjak

koji je učestvovao.

So a very diverse group of people.

Dakle veoma raznovrsna grupa ljudi.

(Laughter)

Rekao sam ljudima: "Nemojte da radite. Nemojte ništa da radite.

And I told people, "Don't work. Don't actually do work.

Ali nemojte ni da kupujete.

But also, don't shop.

Just stand around and don't face products."

Samo stojte naokolo i nemojte da gledate proizvode."

Now you can see the regular employees

Možete videti prave zaposlene

by the ones that have the yellow tags on their shirt.

po tome što imaju žute oznake na majicama.

Svi ostali su naši glumci.

Everybody else is one of our actors.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

The lower-level employees thought it was very funny.

Zaposlenima na donjem nivou je ovo bilo jako zabavno.

Zapravo, nekoliko njih čak je otišlo po svoje kamere

Several of them went to go get their camera from the break room

da se slikaju sa nama.

and took photos with us.

Mnogo njih je pravilo šale pokušavajući da nas odvedu u magacin

A lot of them made jokes about trying to get us to go to the back

da iznosimo teške televizore kupcima.

to get heavy television sets for customers.

Menadžeri i obezbeđenje, sa druge strane,

The managers and the security guards, on the other hand,

nisu mislili da je ovo preterano zabavno.

did not find it particularly funny.

Možete ih videti na ovom snimku.

You can see them in this footage.

Nose ili žute ili crne majice.

They're wearing either a yellow shirt or a black shirt.

And we were there probably 10 minutes

Bili smo tamo oko deset minuta

before the managers decided to dial 911.

kad su menadžeri odlučili da pozovu miliciju.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

So they started running around

I počeli su da trče unaokolo

telling everybody the cops were coming, "Watch out, the cops are coming."

govoreći svima panduri dolaze, pazite, panduri dolaze.

And you can see the cops in this footage right here.

I možete videti pandure na ovom snimku.

That's a cop wearing black right there, being filmed with a hidden camera.

Ovo je pandur obučen u crno ovde, snimljen skrivenom kamerom.

Najzad, milicija je morala da obavesti menadžment "Best Buy-a"

Ultimately, the police had to inform Best Buy management

that it was not, in fact, illegal to wear a blue polo shirt and khaki pants.

da zapravo nije ilegalno

nositi plave polo majice i braon pantalone.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

(Aplauz)

(Applause)

Hvala vam.

Thank you.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So we had been there for 20 minutes; we were happy to exit the store.

Bili smo tamo 20 minuta; bili smo srećni kad smo napustili prodavnicu.

One thing the managers were trying to do was to track down our cameras.

Jedna stvar koju su menadžeri pokušavali da urade

je da uđu u trag našim kamerama.

And they caught a couple of my guys who had hidden cameras in duffel bags.

I uhvatili su par mojih momaka koji su imali kamere u cegerima.

Ali jedan momak sa kamerom koga nisu uhvatili

But the one camera guy they never caught

was the guy that went in just with a blank tape

bio je momak koji je ušao sa praznom trakom

and went over to the Best Buy camera department

i otišao u deo "Best Buy-a" sa kamerama

and just put his tape in one of their cameras

i samo stavio traku u jednu od njihovih kamera

and pretended to shop.

i pravio se da kupuje.

So I like that concept of using their own technology against them.

Sviđa mi se taj koncept korišćenja njihove tehnologije protiv njih samih.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I think our best projects are ones that are site-specific

Mislim da su naši najbolji projekti oni koji su na specifičnom mestu,

and happen at a particular place for a reason.

koji se dešavaju na posebnom mestu i to sa razlogom.

And one morning, I was riding the subway.

Jednog jutra vozio sam se metroom,

I had to make a transfer at the 53rd St. stop

i trebalo je da promenim metro na stanici u 53. ulici

where there are these two giant escalators.

gde se nalaze ogromne pokretne stepenice u dva niza.

And it's a very depressing place to be in the morning, it's very crowded.

To je veoma depresivno mesto izjutra, prepuno je ljudi.

So I decided to try and stage something

Tako da sam odlučio da izvedem nešto

that could make it as happy as possible for one morning.

što bi to mesto učinilo što je moguće veselijim tog jutra.

So this was in the winter of 2009 -- 8:30 in the morning.

Ovo se desilo u zimu 2009. -

8:30 ujutro.

Jutarnji špic.

It's morning rush hour.

It's very cold outside.

Jako je hladno napolju.

People are coming in from Queens,

Ljudi dolaze iz Kvinsa,

transferring from the E train to the 6 train.

prelaze iz E metroa u broj 6.

And they're going up these giant escalators

I penju se ovim ogromnim pokretnim stepenicama

na svom putu do posla.

on their way to their jobs.

[Rob wants]

[to give you]

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

[a high five!]

(Laughter)

[Get ready!]

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Hvala.

Thank you.

So there's a photograph that illustrates it a little bit better.

Evo fotografije koja to prikazuje malo bolje.

He gave 2,000 high fives that day,

"Bacio je pet" 2000 puta tog dana,

i oprao je ruke i pre i posle

and he washed his hands before and afterward

i nije se razboleo.

and did not get sick.

I ovo je takođe izvedeno bez dozvole,

And that was done also without permission,

iako izgleda da niko nije mario zbog toga.

although no one seemed to care.

Rekao bih da tokom godina

So I'd say over the years,

one of the most common criticisms I see of Improv Everywhere

jedna od najčešćih kritika koje sam video za Improvizaciju svuda

left anonymously on YouTube comments

su anonimno ostavljeni komentari na You Tube-u

is: "These people have too much time on their hands."

"Ovo su ljudi koji imaju vremena za gubljenje."

And you know, not everybody's going to like everything you do,

I znajte da se neće baš svima dopadati to što radite,

and I've certainly developed a thick skin thanks to Internet comments,

i definitivno sam postao debelokožac zbog internet komentara,

ali ta kritika me posebno muči,

but that one's always bothered me,

jer nemamo vremena za gubljenje.

because we don't have too much time on our hands.

Učesnici Improvizacije Svuda

The participants in Improv Everywhere events

nemaju ništa više slobodnog vremena od bilo kog drugog Njujorčanina,

have just as much leisure time as any other New Yorkers,

they just occasionally choose to spend it in an unusual way.

oni samo povremeno izaberu

da provedu vreme na neobičan način.

You know, every Saturday and Sunday,

Subotom i nedeljom svake jeseni,

hundreds of thousands of people each fall

stotine hiljada ljudi

gather in football stadiums to watch games.

okuplja se na stadionima da gleda utakmice.

I nikada nisam čuo nijedan komentar, gledajući fudbalsku utakmicu,

And I've never seen anybody comment, looking at a football game,

"Svi ovi ljudi ovde imaju vremena za gubljenje."

"All those people in the stands, they have too much time on their hands."

I naravno da nemaju.

And of course they don't.

To je predivan način da se provede popodne vikendom,

It's a perfectly wonderful way to spent a weekend afternoon,

gledajući fudbal na stadionu.

watching a football game in a stadium.

Ali mislim da je jednako prihvatljiv način

But I think it's also a perfectly valid way

da se provede popodne tako što stanete ukočeni u mestu sa još 200 ljudi

to spend an afternoon freezing in place with 200 people

na centralnom terminalu

in the Grand Central terminal

ili obučeni kao isterivači duhova

or dressing up like a ghostbuster

and running through the New York Public Library.

trčite po Njujorškoj javnoj biblioteci.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Or listening to the same MP3 as 3,000 other people

Ili da slušate istu muziku na MP3 sa još 3000 ljudi

i u tišini igrate u parku,

and dancing silently in a park,

or bursting into song in a grocery store

ili da počnete da pevate u samoposluzi

as part of a spontaneous musical,

kao deo spontanog mjuzikla,

or diving into the ocean in Coney Island wearing formal attire.

ili da uskočite u okean kod Koni ostrva obučeni u formalno odelo.

Znate, dok smo bili deca, učili su nas da se igramo.

(Laughter)

You know, as kids, we're taught to play.

Ali nikada nam nije dato objašnjenje zašto bismo se igrali.

And we're never given a reason why we should play.

It's just acceptable that play is a good thing.

Prosto je prihvatljivo da je igranje dobra stvar.

I mislim da je to neka vrsta poente Improvizacije Svuda.

And I think that's sort of the point of Improv Everywhere.

It's that there is no point and that there doesn't have to be a point.

To je da nema poente i da ne treba ni da bude poente.

Ne treba nam razlog.

We don't need a reason. As long as it's fun

Dok god je zabavno

and it seems like it's going to be a funny idea

i dok god deluje da će biti zabavna ideja

and it seems like the people who witness it

i dok izgleda da se ljudi koji su prisutni isto tako dobro zabavljaju,

will also have a fun time,

to je nama dovoljno.

then that's enough for us.

And I think, as adults, we need to learn

I mislim da, kao odrasli, moramo da naučimo

that there's no right or wrong way to play.

da ne postoji ispravan i pogrešan način da se igra.

Hvala vam mnogo.

Thank you very much.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)