Comments on: Ai Weiwei’s Gangnam Style Video Is Called “Grass Mud Horse Style,” And It’s Just As Bad As China’s Other Parodies

By: emma

emma — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:48:38 +0000

yawn

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Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:17:31 +0000

[...] were no serious injuries. They’ll be up and riding again in no time — we can only hope better than Ai Weiwei. Youku video for those in China after the jump, plus a photo and a [...]

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Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:00:07 +0000

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By: TARnation

TARnation — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:56:25 +0000

Shhhh.

By: Graham Webster

Graham Webster — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:30:15 +0000

Account homepage shows video deleted:
http://www.tudou.com/home/_117626389

By: Graham Webster

Graham Webster — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:26:40 +0000

Just a note on the posted-outside-China critique. (I said the same thing over at Ethan Zuckerman’s). It WAS on a domestic service, but then it wasn’t.

I first watched the video on Tudou, where it was posted under a new account with a username that suggested it might belonged to Ai (艾虎子512, literally something like “Tiger Cub Ai 512,” but with a connotation of bravery. 5/12 references the Sichuan earthquake).

I just found it in my history, and the video is predictably gone. Used to be here http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/gkMoNzUGI2k/

By: China: Grass Mud Horse Style · Global Voices

China: Grass Mud Horse Style · Global Voices — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:49:13 +0000

[...] style and produce a “Grass Mud Horse style” video. Anthony Tao from Beijing Cream comments on Ai's parody which is not creative at all. Tweet As a society, I mean. Gangnam [...]

By: Crackle

Crackle — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:37:42 +0000

I never thought I’d see the day when an Ai Weiwei project would fail to rise above a Xinhua critique.

OH SNAP

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:29:38 +0000

The author raises some good points. To be a political artist, the goal is surely to reach as large an audience as possible. Parodying the viral inanities that give us subject matter in our office spaces, and doing so to make a point, will soon become the only way to get anyone to pay attention. As such, this is a missed opportunity.

By: gregorylent

gregorylent — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:14:11 +0000

it’s play .. since when is play good or bad?

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Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:39:25 +0000

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By: krondorian

krondorian — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:46:39 +0000

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