Picture it: Glendale, 2010. Two weeks before Halloween. On a very family-friendly Sunday afternoon, six men start stripping in the middle of the Glendale Galleria (in front of Crabtree & Evelyn no less) and proceed to dance and grind to "It's Raining Men." And yours truly was one of the masterminds behind this failed flash mob (one of many that took place throughout Los Angeles that weekend). You see, I was the producer for a viral campaign promoting the DVD release of Vampires Suck , which involved a series of public stunts that recreated the Twilight spoof's homoerotic dance number. We were hired by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, so we were a totally legit production...except for one tiny detail. We neglected to inform the aforementioned shopping mall of our plans and totally went in unannounced. Cue the mall security guard who immediately came over to stop the performance. Cut to: a dozen other mall cops who started running after us the sec
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