Five Minutes of Mascot Failure.

...more like 2:33...but still




Our society uses others to turn attention away from ourselves as well as place blame on others. The shifting of awareness is the displacement of unwanted attention which many be used in efforts to brush things off as though what has happed is not real. In society where there is a Big Brother constantly watching over our shoulder, observing every movement one makes, we disguise feelings behind acts of comedy and/or violence through the pain and misfortune of others. The clip entitled “Mascot Fail” was created using moments of mascots often taking a misstep in front of large crowds. The audience, that is the ultimate Big Brother creates a notion of Panoptisim in the grand scale of a sports arena. Society likes to focus on the failures of others to create a greater sense of belonging and brotherhood, as well as the ideology of being correct and dominate over those that have faltered in the past, hesitate in the present, and may waver in the future.