Monday, February 12, 2018

Steadicam Tango Cultural Appropriation

Y'all know how I feel about products stealing the name "Tango"...fuckers...although this one kinda makes more sense...a body mounted crane-cam stabilizer...

Oh wait...the motherfucker has trademarked TANGO™ ...that dog ain't gonna hunt...https://www.garrettcam.com/steadicam-tango/...not that he's going to start suing anyone over the use of the word...still it just rubs me the wrong way...

1 comment:

David said...

I can see this guy's (Garrett Brown) rationale for calling it Tango. Wow, what a rig! Can you imagine having a dance partner that perfectly responsive?

A Tango name that makes no sense to me is the one for the smartphone video call app. If I were looking for a name for my company/app, I'd want something with some chance of being top ranked, rather than some common word so commonly associated with a dance.