Friday, July 27, 2007

Ex-Con Zombies Go to Broadway?

In an important breaking-news follow-up story, Filipino Prisoners Do "Thriller" has shot up the charts over at YouTube. The article reveals that the compulsory dancing routine was introduced by Byron Garcia, a security (read: performing arts) consultant for the Cebu province of the Philippines.

But the BBC buried the lede: Two of the inmates are now dancers. That, I think, is more amazing than the video itself.

The kicker, however, is definitely in the right place: "And fans of [Garcia's] work can look forward to another three routines in the pipeline, including one set to the Vanilla Ice classic, Ice Ice Baby."

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Dancing Behind Bars

One-thousand five hundred Filipino prisoners and their rendition of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video:

Truly amazing.


I got it from a former co-worker, who showed this blog post to me.

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