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My love of dance movies, especially crappy dance movies, could probably all be traced back to Breakin’](Breakin' (1984) - Movie | Moviefone). In 1984 I wasn’t exactly the hippest girl on the block (after all it isn’t easy to be hip when you’re nine years old), but when my dad took me to see Breakin’ I thought this was the beginning of a long and industrious career as a B-girl. So, as you can probably guess, it didn’t quite work out that way, but thanks to Breakin’ I still listen to Rufus’ Ain’t Nobody featuring R&B legend Chaka Khan (which first appeared on Rufus’ album Stompin’ at The Savoy) .
Breakin’ was directed by Joel Silberg and centered on the dancing duo of Turbo (Michael Chambers) and Ozone (Adolfo Quinones), who team up with Kelly, a pampered jazz dancer (played by Lucinda Dickey) in a battle with a rival dance crew by the name of Electro Rock – and if you remember your 80s movies then you know that most disputes can be solved with a dance off. Rufus’ #1 R&B hit accompanied the all-important musical montage where we see white-bread Kelly learning to pop and lock…badly.
Breakin’ wasn’t the first break dancing movie to come along, and if I had to choose, Beat Street](Beat Street (1984) - Movie | Moviefone) would go down as my personal favorite. But, for better or for worse, Breakin’ is still one of the best remembered movies of that brief fad of b-boys on the big screen, and it may not be a great movie – as a matter of fact it’s kind of a terrible movie, but this is definitely a great song.
After the jump: Kelly gets down and some cross promotion with Turbo and Ozone…
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