Thriller in the Phillipines

So one of the things that I noticed in the Phillipines was just how upbeat and attitude-free a place it was. This incredible video is a group of prisoners putting on "Thriller" in the prison yard. Imagine this in, say, Rikers Island.

Update: Embedding has been disabled. Please go to Youtube to see directly

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o]

And for reference, the original, ground-breaking Thriller music video itself

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT90keJ51bY]

Posted on July 28, 2007 and filed under Personal.