Planking. The Harlem Shake. The Running Man Challenge. It’s time for the next one…
Before writing this post, we had never heard of the “Mannequin Challenge”. Now that we have, we feel confident in saying we don’t want to hear much more about it. Not that we’ll have a choice.
So what is the “Mannequin Challenge?” A group of people need to pose and stand entirely still while someone else with a camera weaves and bobs through the group of humanity to take pictures of the entire scene from many different angles. As it goes, the cooler the frozen pose, the better. So it’s like a flash-mob, but only much quieter and actually requiring some coordination.
Here’s a high school baseball team doing it:
https://twitter.com/Baseballswag_/status/794541415091019776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
A high school football team:
https://twitter.com/IIIRhett/status/794269764189188096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Michigan football:
#MannequinChallenge @espn @ESPNCFB @CoachJim4UM #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/lCbP0xgBX6
— Chris Evans (@Kidnplay_abc123) November 4, 2016
The Pittsburgh Steelers:
💯 #MannequinChallenge pic.twitter.com/HyOQeU5xgZ
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) November 4, 2016
There are no doubt hundreds upon hundreds more videos of the “Mannequin Challenge” floating around the internet right now. If you are interested in watching more of these videos, NY Mag’s Select All has, well, a selection for you to take a look act.
