Prison Fun!

Elizabeth July 24th, 2007

I can’t believe I spent so much time blogging in support of Schapelle Corby when she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for a crime she (very probably) didn’t commit. I mean, it turns out that prison life has been horribly misrepresented by the press all this time – it’s more like an Academy of the Arts!

Or maybe just in the Philippines, where Thriller comes alive in at least one shade of orange:

1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser.

… although the dude in the halterneck gets pretty disturbing by the end.

There’s a whole treasure chest of choreographed inmate goodness waiting for you on youtube. Check out Radio Gaga (comes complete with hi-tech picture-in-picture) and I Will Follow Him (from Sister Act – Bonus points for the habit!).

Don’t leave without seeing The Algorithm March, which was apparently a world record-breaking performance.

And finally, thanks to the power of Youtube’s “related search” feature, view The Algorithm March with ninjas! (I recommend watching this for the subtitles, and to see how the actions connect all the participants.)

This is by far the coolest random Youtube discovery all year.