Mass Games in North Korea - Neatorama

"Mass games" are group athletic events in which the performance of the individual is deemphasized in favor of the performance of the group as a whole. They are thus well suited to the philosophy embodied by socialist/communist states, but the components of such games are also employed for other major events such as Olympic opening and closing shows.

The video above includes the closing moments from the movie "A State of Mind," documenting mass games in North Korea.

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Very impressive.... too bad it's North Korea.There's obviously so much creativity and passion... if only they were allowed to see what the rest of the world offered.

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wow all i can think about is how many hours and hours and hours of practice this must have taken to look so great all put together, definitely impressive.

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Somehow the missing link between Circus and Musicals?

As LisaL said: it's North Korea, I doubt the performers are paid regarding the huge training and efforts of theirs.

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sorry, by "Circus" I meant "Olympics".

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This sort of thing the commo's have always done well.

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the performance was amazing (if a bit bittersweet due to the oppressive regime and all) but that video is incredibly annoying! just let me see whats happening! stop cutting and panning and let me see the actual performance!

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This was posted back in 2007. You'd probably have fewer duplicate posts if there was a better search feature on the site.

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/north-koreas-human-jumbotron/

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I wish I could see the whole show. It looks very beautiful and impressive.

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pfelelep- When did I say they got paid o_O? Oh I'm sure they most probably don't get paid at all.

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Communism is NOT the same thing as socialism, nor is it the same thing as fascism. Just a friendly FYI.

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While the gymnastic work is impressive, I'm confused on a couple of points. First, group performance art such as this is not limited to communist countries. Why the "message"? And second, why is almost the entire video shots of individuals, when the point behind the art form is the collective presentation? Can we get a better video, please?

I think this in an excerpted clip from something else entirely.

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@Lisa: you dident' :)
I was just agreeing your post "too bad it’s North Korea." and adding the precision about getting paid for performing in "others-more-open-countries".

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Well....
I don't know anything about Mass Games in North...
Is there any kind of help for me...?
Is there any ideas about rules and regulations of that game...?
If yes, post here.....

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