The team's video, shot in a locker room, depicts scantily clad team members, notably, one player wearing nothing but a. Asked, 'do you really want to open a can of soda after it’s done the Harlem Shake?' Gabrielle Levy of called the Pepsi ad 'a bridge too far,' noting that low production values had been 'part of the charm' of the meme. It stated that there were too many versions already on YouTube, and that such publicity efforts could become 'lost amidst all the noise.' Similarly, begged advertising agencies not to 'attempt to surf on the now-crashed viral wave.' Ad Age later identified sixty advertising agencies exploiting the meme, calling it 'played-out' after released a Harlem Shake video featuring dancing soft drinks.
After numerous companies and began uploading their own Harlem Shake videos for what appeared to be promotional purposes, the business magazine advised them to produce their own original content instead of variants of the same video. The cited a number of reasons why it felt the meme was nearing its peak, including what it described as an 'extravagant' departure from the meme's humble origins, adoption by a very broad demographic including the elderly, choreographed corporate versions by ad agencies and marketing departments, apparent boredom of video participants, and significant departures from the original formula, such as the use of multiple camera angles and visual effects. The video featured the character 'Pink Guy' from The Filthy Frank Show entitled 'Filthy Compilation #6 - Smell My Fingers', which featured a section where several costumed people danced to the song '. The meme form was established in a video uploaded on Januby YouTube personality on his FilthyFrankTV channel. Despite its name, the meme does not actually involve participants performing the, a and that originated in 1980s, rather, the meme usually features participants performing flailing or convulsive movements. As a meme, the video was replicated by many people, using the same concept, which led to it becoming in early February 2013, with thousands of 'Harlem Shake' videos being made and uploaded to every day at the height of its popularity. The Harlem Shake was an in the form of a video in which a group of people dance to a short excerpt from the song '. Screenshots from a Harlem Shake video, showing the characteristic static jump cut from one dancer to a wild dance party after the song's.
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