If you have spent any time watching improv - and I’m not talking about “Who’s Line Is It Anyway?” flavor of highly produced, top-shelf improv, but - just plain, everyday improv - you know that to enjoy it you have to accept that it is hit or miss entertainment.

Well, ImprovEverywhere.com, whose founders have its root in New York’s famous Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, have stretched their definition of improv to a form which is arguably neither improvised nor entertainment. In fact, most people upon a review of their activities might agree that what they really are is a Flash Mob.

Apparently, this comparison is an affront to improv types, so they directly deny the label in their FAQ, albeit unconvincingly….

Their argument is that their organization pre-dates the term “flash mob“, and their appreciation of improvisational concepts separates them artistically from the unwashed hordes of Apple-store zombies etc.

Whatever. I say if it walks like a duck…

Their latest “improvisation” involved a group of about 200 volunteers who walked into Grand Central last Saturday, appearing as everyday travellers, and then simultaneously froze in place at exactly the same time. Exactly five minutes later to the second, they all resumed exactly what they were doing without skipping a beat, to the applause of bewildered onlookers around the main concourse.

Make of it what you will: