Saturday, June 04, 2011
Grand Rapids strikes back
Many of you have probably seen this Grand Rapids video, but, if you haven’t, watch it. The video is the city of Grand Rapids’ official response to a Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a “dying city.” Roger Ebert is praising it as “the greatest music video ever made.” At first, I was dismissive. But after watching it for a few minutes, something hit me. Hint: There’s no splicing. Another thing hit me: Every person who participated in the video will probably get to brag for the rest of their lives that they were once part of something very special in Grand Rapids, a city that just proved it’s most definitely not dying.
Many of you have probably seen this Grand Rapids video, but, if you haven’t, watch it. The video is the city of Grand Rapids’ official response to a Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a “dying city.” Roger Ebert is praising it as “the greatest music video ever made.” At first, I was dismissive. But after watching it for a few minutes, something hit me. Hint: There’s no splicing. Another thing hit me: Every person who participated in the video will probably get to brag for the rest of their lives that they were once part of something very special in Grand Rapids, a city that just proved it’s most definitely not dying.
