Apparently when this movie was made the stereotype police hadn’t yet issued the edict that all dancers have to be gay. Franco is a traditional jazz dancer who demands discipline and professionalism from his students. Kelly takes dancing lessons from an egotistical teacher named Franco. Not a lot of shades of grey here, with possibly one exception toward the end of the second movie. The good guys (and girls) are really good and the bad guys (and girls) are really bad. One thing you need to understand about The Breakin’ Saga is that the characters aren’t subtle. Her name was Kelly ( Lucinda Dickey), a struggling dancer who’s “pushing 20″ but unable to make a living at her chosen profession so she’s eking out a living as a waitress for a meeeeean boss. It was a great time to be alive.īut in one corner of LA, someone was sad. The whole city was gearing up for the Olympics. The place, my beloved Los Angeles, California, USA. Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers – TurboĪh, let’s step into the wayback machine again, shall we? This time let’s set it for the spring of 1984. The plot points are just too much fun not to talk about them, but ye have been warned. Warning: There may be more spoilers than you’re used to from me. So the 1984 movie Breakin’ came up, and to my mind you can’t separate the original from it’s sequel Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, so I’m going to review the entire Breakin’ Saga.
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