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04-01-2016, 04:38 PM
From Jessica Lowndes to 'Natural Born Pranksters,' online pranking has reached a tipping point
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LOS ANGELES — If there's anything the Internet can learn from April Fools' Day, it's that **t all pranks are created equal.
While pranking is — of course — **t a new tradition, the rise of social media has tons of us thinking we can pull off a good prank, then rake in the likes (and publicity).*Gone are the pre-social media days where shows like Jackass and Punk'd actually did elaborate pranks for fun, **t for clicks.
But most*prank-stars say that designing the perfect practical joke isn't easy. In fact, it's an art, one that takes time to master.*
"When we started doing pranks, we stood out because we did edgy, cool stuff," YouTuber Dennis Roady told Mashable in a recent interview*while promoting Lionsgate and Studio71's*Natural Born Pranksters (http://mashable.com/2016/02/16/natural-born-pranksters-trailer/), which comes out on Friday.*"** one had done them before, and*the pranks still weren't crossing the line." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/the-art-of-pulling-off-pranks/)
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LOS ANGELES — If there's anything the Internet can learn from April Fools' Day, it's that **t all pranks are created equal.
While pranking is — of course — **t a new tradition, the rise of social media has tons of us thinking we can pull off a good prank, then rake in the likes (and publicity).*Gone are the pre-social media days where shows like Jackass and Punk'd actually did elaborate pranks for fun, **t for clicks.
But most*prank-stars say that designing the perfect practical joke isn't easy. In fact, it's an art, one that takes time to master.*
"When we started doing pranks, we stood out because we did edgy, cool stuff," YouTuber Dennis Roady told Mashable in a recent interview*while promoting Lionsgate and Studio71's*Natural Born Pranksters (http://mashable.com/2016/02/16/natural-born-pranksters-trailer/), which comes out on Friday.*"** one had done them before, and*the pranks still weren't crossing the line." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/the-art-of-pulling-off-pranks/)
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