The art of social science

Posted at 11:04 AM on March 5, 2013 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Arts, Crime and Justice

Two people staged a murder inside a New York elevator this week, then filmed people's reactions.

Not unexpectedly, some people intervened. Some people didn't even bother to put the couch down they were moving.

In the category of we-shouldn't-have-been-surprised-but-we-were: the guy who took a picture with his cellphone.

But intervening in a crime is more than just considering personal safety. It also involves figuring out for certain who the bad guy is.

It's interesting social science, especially if one ignores that the video was created to promote Dead Man Down, a movie which opens next week.

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Comments (2)

This is why I take the stairs...

All the elevator pranks you see on you-tube, with the ghost girl, or the floor falling out, or the murders. Never see that kinda video from stair wells.

Posted by jon | March 5, 2013 11:52 AM

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If I'm ever on the victim end of this, I hope the door doesn't open to find the woman who started bashing them with flowers.

Posted by Kevin Watterson | March 5, 2013 11:55 AM

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