The Triumphant Final Chapter of the Dancing Man Saga
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Unacceptable, I’m sure you’ll agree, but almost as soon as
it started to gain traction an LA-based journalist named Cassandra Fairbanks
took to the internet to track Sean down and organise an initiative to get him
flown out to LA for a huge (and predominantly female) dance party, at which he
would be the guest of honour.
It wasn’t long before Fairbanks had drummed up a huge
following and last Saturday the plan finally came to fruition, hosted by the
Avalon club in LA and hoisted by over $40,000 of donated funds from across the
world. Fairbanks and O’Brien were joined by hundreds of women including Fresh Prince actress Tatyana Ali,
comedian Damienne Merlina and Monica Lewinsky, who is now an anti-bullying
campaigner. Also present were Andrew W.K. (presumably there to make sure that
all the partying was appropriately hard) and Moby, making good on his promise
to DJ the event for free. Pharrell also made an appearance via video feed to
wish O’Brien well.
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On the field w @Dancingmanfound for his first pitch! #dancefree #iamdancingman @CassandraRules @DanceFreeMvmt pic.twitter.com/NVEmMd3KEK
— Katy Dolle (@katydolle) May 24, 2015
As well as being a massive counter-attack against the
appalling behaviour directed at O’Brien, the whole thing has worked as a
massive awareness campaign against cyber-bullying, a horrendous cultural blight
which has only increased in scope with the advent of social media and online
anonymity. O’Brien himself seems to have taken that on board. “I’ve always had
confidence anyway, I’ve always wanted to dance.” He said in an interview “It’s
just people pick on you sometimes. But what it has taught me is just totally
ignore them rather than just blanking them.”
Callum Davies
Callum is a film school graduate who is now making a name for himself as a journalist and content writer. His vices include flat whites and 90s hip-hop. Follow him @CallumAtSMF
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