Comments on: Breakdancing Filipino traffic-cop

By: noah django

noah django — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:58:00 +0000

sweet. i didn’t mean any harm. i put a smiley in there, i got that y’all were ok with each other.

i dance all the time, too.

By: Dedzig

Dedzig — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:13:00 +0000

Did you catch his “oh shoot…busted” expression at the end? I will always laugh at my kids if I bust them, as they do to me. He dances because our family loves to jam out, listen to music and dance together. We totally encourage our kids in all of the arts. That said, I will never ever pass up the opportunity to bust on my kids.

If you are wondering if this negatively affected him, know this: when this thing went viral, all the 5th graders (he’s in 4th) were high fiving him in the halls at school. Frankie’s math teacher even put on some MJ at the end of the lesson when the kids all wanted him to dance. He was happy to do it. That is what I love about that kiddo–he’s not the least bit afraid to express himself.

By: cigarettes

cigarettes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:03:00 +0000

Well I know where I wanna go if I have to go to jail.

By: cigarettes

cigarettes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:00:00 +0000

Tom Waits fan much?

By: noah django

noah django — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:06:00 +0000

you shoulda high-fived him instead of laughed :)

By: Will Campbell

Will Campbell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Awesome vid, and Cory’s so slick. He purposeful put “breakdancing” in the title of this post so I’d watch it aaaaaaaall the way to the applause waiting for some actual breakdancing. I’m still waiting.

By: TheMudshark

TheMudshark — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:36:00 +0000

NEIN! Das Auto kann nicht wegen des Tanzens alleine zusammengestoppen sein! UND, UND das Zeichen MUSS, UNMISSVERSTÄNDLICH, in einen genormten Signal mit den Kartoffelsacken für den Fahrer ausdrücken gemacht werden.

By: SoItBegins

SoItBegins — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:31:00 +0000

Glad to see BoingBoing’s posting some ‘good cop’ stories. :)

By: lsamsa

lsamsa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:44:00 +0000

No I haven’t…and point taken. :)
I guess, I was more wondering about the ‘perspective’ not looking the same with the person & his surroundings.

By: Lester Nelson

Lester Nelson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:51:00 +0000

If you’re going to use the fact that he “didn’t really stop any traffic,” as a reason this is fake, then you obviously haven’t ever been to Manila. ;)

By: valiant66

valiant66 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:48:00 +0000

What the heck is that orange vehicle at 1:54? It looks like an ageing shark gliding through the intersection, but it’s nothing that’s ever been sold in North America. Never seen one before.

By: grimc

grimc — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:34:00 +0000

1. Bad resolution creates video artifacts like weird outlines
2. Watch some of the people crossing the street–they have/don’t have as much shadow as the cop
3. If you still think he doesn’t cast a shadow, you’re arguing that somebody took the time to create moving masks so you could see his body through car windows…but forgot to put a shadow underneath him
4. Relax

By: lsamsa

lsamsa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:20:00 +0000

Exactly my thoughts. I wanted to think this was real & had no agenda to think otherwise.
However, he just didn’t seem to ‘fit in’ with what was going on…didn’t really stop any traffic…and the, as you’d said, the ‘perspective’ doesn’t jive with the surrounding scene.
I think a bit of it was real…i.e. the last bit…but for the most part, I get the feeling it’s been ‘put together’.

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:51:00 +0000

Looks quite a bit like the handsigns found on a carrier deck (or on a baseball pitch).

By: anharmyenone

anharmyenone — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:45:00 +0000

Now THAT’S a wonderful thing!

By: Dedzig

Dedzig — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:08:00 +0000

I feel like somehow, someway, this dude is related to my son. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZ8mPhW6Vo

By: A. .

A. . — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:04:00 +0000

We could incorporate the dancing Japanese death-row prisoners in the animal costumes proposed earlier.

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:40:00 +0000

I love it when folks in uniform – especially cops – assert their humanity.

This is kung fu, like the Royal Enfield pinstriper.

The folks claiming it’s fake are a good example of cynicism taken to the point where it’s just as foolish as it is to be gullible.

By: captaineville

captaineville — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 +0000

I think you’ve been had…this video is fake, tho well done. The traffic and the “cop” a two different videos. At certain times you can see that his perspective doesn’t quite match that of the cars. Also, watch his shadow or lack thereof versus the passing cars.

By: spejic

spejic — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:47:00 +0000

The video was also done well. I loved the double take during the “Don’t think twice!”

By: Stonewalker

Stonewalker — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:35:00 +0000

Dancing and singing is more common and important to culture other than America mainstream. For example, you won’t be president in the Philippines if you can’t sing. Period.

By: mat catastrophe

mat catastrophe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:28:00 +0000

The soundtrack would have to be from Die Antwoord

By: Christine Fisher

Christine Fisher — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:00:00 +0000

:) Dude, it’s mainly in the gloves and whistle (which we don’t hear). The body is pure entertainment factor. If you ignore the body (all in black, except the yellow safety vest) and look at the gloves you’ll see yellow and red. A combination of directional pointing for turns, waving the hands to say “move on” for forward and solid display of red palms as a “stop!” is where the action happens. It’s real.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:51:00 +0000

HE’S 54?!

Do you not know any gay men?

By: kartwaffles

kartwaffles — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:04:00 +0000

Yeah, really. That’s not even remotely breakdancing. Still fun to watch, though.

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:42:00 +0000

Compared to the mind-numbing job of the cop who monitors/controls the rope holding back the pedestrians waiting to cross (check the background), directing traffic must be a plum job.

And yet, still utterly boring.

By: bklynchris

bklynchris — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:10:00 +0000

Where would he even stand were he to be in the roads leading to Intramuros in Metro manila? Where there are not even like lanes of traffic just a parking lot slowly moving in every direction at once?

On another note, I hear Noynoy will be giving his state of the union address from a karaoke machine rather than a teleprompter? Joke lang ; )

By: bklynchris

bklynchris — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:02:00 +0000

P2 is hilarious! But having been in this traffic can tell you that the traffic would look more like this were he not there

http://boingboing.net/2008/01/05/eerily-graceful-indi.html

By: chaopoiesis

chaopoiesis — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:54:00 +0000

Traffic culture differs radically around the world… you may not know the language.

By: gwailo_joe

gwailo_joe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:19:00 +0000

This guy bears a striking resemblance to a co-worker of mine (who dances hula…)

Still, the job seems dull, dirty and dangerous: but what an awesome way to make it cool.

And I imagine the closest concessions must love him: they better keep him caffeinated gratis every day he comes to work…