Well, there are gimmicks and then there are gimmicks. It’s
easy to look at this series of videos (quite large files, btw) by Matt Harding and to dismiss them as bizarre American
silliness, but I contest there is a genuine artistic subtext to what he has done here.
Despite the appearance of mindless frolic, Matt’s clever
interpretation of a kind of vagabond two-step has endeard him to millions (or at least hundreds) who have
downloaded his dancing video and found in it a message of world peace and harmony. Yes, in his own way, Matt seems to
have found a way to spread joy and hilarity across the globe. Let no one see Americans as mindless buffoons set on
world domination. The reality is, all we want to do is dance.