An M.I.T. “Gangnam Style” parody video that has gone viral this week features one of the best known academics at the university -- linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky.
Chomsky, the 83-year-old “father of modern linguistics,'' is in the video for about 7 seconds, but the cameo is priceless. Sitting in his office, Chomsky first takes a sip of what appears to be a cup of tea, and then deadpans, “Oppan Chomsky style.”
A few other notable professors were featured, including Professor Eric Lander, one of the principle leaders of the Human Genome Project. In one scene, Lander dances around Ha, and the two then jump up onto a desk.
“He actually heard of the song before and he was really excited to do it,” Ha said, adding that Lander choreographed the moves on his own.
Ingwon Chae, who was one of the producers for the short, said he was pleasantly surprised at how some professors were so willing to help. “It was a pretty daunting task to shoot emails off to these big professors on campus,” he said.
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