Exploiting Hollywood 1980

The filming continued, and Minahan was in a very happy mood. His main task now was to lead everyone in applauding and shouting slogans during the breaks on the set.

"Defeat Hot Street Kid! Early release! Cannon forward, forward!"

The more Ronald looked at Minahan, the more he looked like Master Miyagi, the Japanese veteran in "The Dragon King". He was stunned. But since he can improve his morale and speed up his actions, he doesn't care about it.

The crew went to the basement where the dance battle was being filmed. The art director and the set and props team worked here all day to get all the sets ready.

A very simple basement, they decorated it to look like a hip-hop style. A fake wall made of wood is covered with graffiti. All kinds of weird letters are filled with bright colors.

This method of using fake walls instead of real walls makes it very fast to dismantle the scenery.

Ronald saw a lot of extras on the Soul Train show, filled in by students from Watanabe. Each of them can dance hip-hop. During the dance battle, some will be the backers, some will be in the background, and some will dance by themselves to express their feelings. They have all been selected.

At one end of the basement, there is a table with a teacher's record player and two large speakers. A ferocious-looking man wearing a baseball cap was repeatedly playing the record and making a stopping sound.

This is a DJ that Minahan found through the Soul Train show. His nickname is ice. His records only have accompaniment and no melody. The lyrics are improvised, "You all came together to watch, to feel the shock of rock and roll. So, on this special night, you let me come, this special party, for all the break dancers..."

Ronald was amazed at his ability to improvise and chatted with him for a while.

It turns out that this light-skinned DJ is actually black. No matter how many mixed-race ancestors there are in America, as long as there is one black person, he is considered black.

When he was in elementary school, he was mistaken for a light-skinned Latino by his white classmates. When his classmates arbitrarily abused black people, he felt the full malice of white people towards people of color.

ice t later lost his parents and has been fooling around. It was only recently that the record company spotted him and wanted to release a special album.

None of the songs in this album have melody;

There are only rhythm and lyrics, and none of the lyrics are allowed to rhyme. The record company named this music form "rapping".

Beginning in 1981, the music gradually entered the mainstream music and had its first Top 100 hit on the Billboard chart.

ice t’s current album has not been released yet, so I don’t know if it will become popular. However, his ability to cope with this kind of dance battle is still small.

Breakdancers especially like to use rap music as accompaniment because their rhythms are particularly distinctive and there is no interference caused by the melody, which is particularly suitable for dancers to improvise.

"I said, where did you go from here, buddy?" Ice t was an acquaintance and soon became brothers with Ronald.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, are you from the East Coast or the West Coast?"

"I don't know, what's the difference?" Ronald was curious.

"Hey, you white people like to steal our black people's dance forms. Since you don't know which side you belong to, it's the West Coast."

Ronald quickly asked for advice. It turned out that break dancing and other hip-hop forms were founded by black people in the early 1970s. It quickly became popular and had a great influence. On TV stations, a program specializing in break dancing was born, such as "Soul Train".

But as the time came to the late 1970s, this dance form quickly lost popularity among black people, and the "Soul Train" program was almost canceled by the television station.

Who knows, but for some reason, this dance gradually became popular among Latinos. The kids from Puerto Rico picked it up quickly and injected new energy and creativity into it.

Today, hip-hop has split into two major genres. The East Coast is dominated by black people, insisting on the relationship between this dance and the black liberation and equal rights movement. And developed by Latinos on the West Coast, it pays more attention to the expression of dance itself and technical innovation.

Needless to say, it turns out that the "Crazy Legs" whom Ronald knew were die-hard East Coasters. People like Boogaloo Prawns and Sabado are more typical West Coast types.

The two always argue about originality and authenticity, which is a big reason why this dance has not become popular in other parts of the country.

Of course, the entire trend is evolving in the West Coast genre's favor. In the past five years, Latinos on the West Coast have gradually taken over the black flag and begun to become break dancing's main source of new dancers and new fan audiences.

"Director, you are here, come and take a look at our framing." The photographer asked Ronald to get busy.

"Oh, shxt! This white boy turned out to be the director!" ice t felt a little regretful that she didn't show herself to him more. She would have to make up some good lyrics later.

Ronald was thinking about another thing. His "Break Dance" was mainly performed by hip-hop elites from the West Coast, while the "Hot Street Boys" invested by Orion used all East Coast dance troupes.

From this point of view, these two movies are likely to determine who of the two factions on the east and west coasts will dominate hip-hop in the future. It just depends on whether Cannon or Orion can be released first and achieve better box office results.

"!"

ice t cheered up and showed 100% of his ability. His hands kept spinning the record, making a squeaking sound.

"Oh, then,

The feeling of love is indulgent,

The body longs for freedom..."

Under the repetitive rhythm of "dong da da da... dong da da da", Ronald felt that it was very conducive to the performance of break dancing.

Ma Da and Xuanfeng stood on the edge, pretending to be break dancing masters, hugging their brothers and letting some minions show off first.

One person started to dance on the floor, taking turns holding one hand on the floor.

Another danced an alternative robot dance. He seemed to be cleaning the glass with his hands, grabbing the non-existent glass and walking step by step.

"Pfft..." Ronald spat out.

"Cut!" The director of photography looked over in surprise, "Ronald, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's okay, my problem." Ronald saw the glass cleaning dance and the stair climbing dance again, but the dancer did not dance with any strength at all and looked like a beginner. Gu Liao

Ronald walked onto the stage and said, "You have to do this dance move."

Then he motioned ice t to continue playing the background rhythm.

"Hey, then, the director is not satisfied with you, kid.

Personal guidance,

Let's look at this white guy,

You can’t teach you a few tricks…”

Ronald made preparations and said to the group of speakers, "Look, I will only demonstrate once."

He raised his hands to grasp the imaginary glass, then used both hands to move his whole body, and finally used both legs to move over.

"Understand? The point is the strength of the legs."

"Hey, man. You can do that? How did you come up with that?"

The Boogaloo prawn rushed over. He was most obsessed with the innovation of movements. He admired Ronald's improvement of this move very much.

The other two actors who played the rival roles, Falcon and Solomon, were also very surprised. No one had ever tried this kind of dancing before.

"I mentioned it when we were chatting with MJ." Ronald smiled softly and returned behind the camera, "Let's continue."

Everyone looked at Ronald in surprise. They didn't expect that the director was also a master of break dancing!

Minahan was even more surprised and speechless, "Lucky! Lucky! I actually found a director who is a master of break dancing. It would be unreasonable not to beat Orion's 'Hot Street Kid'."

"Defeat the 'Hot Street Kid'! Defeat Orion! Move forward, move forward!"

Minahan began to encourage everyone to chant slogans again.

"Shh..." Ronald made a shut-up gesture to him, "!"

The camera focused on the motor and the whirlwind, and then slowly panned half a circle to capture the two dancing opponents. The two sides and four people stood upright and faced off for a long time. Just when their momentum was about to explode, one side suddenly moved.

First, there was the Latino Falcon. His whole body seemed to be as soft as a bone, and he danced a combined version of the robot dance and the noodle dance. Ronald is a master at first glance. If he doesn't show off his special skills, wouldn't he be looked down upon by everyone?

Then Solomon, the black man, also came to an end. The two of them cooperated in a tacit understanding, and their whole bodies were shaking like a machine in the big corn field in the south-central part of the country, which automatically sifts out weeds after harvest. During the whole dance, the two of them stared fiercely at Tornado and walked around him, full of provocation.

Tornado had no choice but to stay far away from the two of them, lit a cigarette, and pretended that I am older than you and you are first. In fact, I don’t have any confidence in my heart.

Falcon was shaking more and more arrogantly, his whole body shaking, as if the energy was transmitted from the soles of his feet to his hands. He approached the whirlwind, slapped the opponent's hand, and raised his chin. Everyone knew that it was a silent challenge of "Can you do it?"

"cut!"

Several dancers who stopped filming have not yet withdrawn from the emotions of their characters. Ronald's dance seemed to give all the actors a stimulant. Falcon and Solomon did not follow the choreography, but increased the intensity on their own initiative.

This made Sabado very nervous. He was not good at the completion of movements. In "Soul Train", he is more inclined to the role of a fusion person. He invented and borrowed many other dance moves, and innovatively added break dancing, but when it comes to dancing well, he is really not as good as the other two.

Shabadoo's smoking hand was shaking nervously, and he was being bullied.

A large amount of adrenaline was secreted, making him feel unusually excited. He hadn't wanted to fight so much for a long time.

Sabado and Boogaloo Shrimp exchanged a look, then took off his leather jacket and threw it on the ground, wearing a leather vest he bought from a second-hand flea market and getting ready.

"Director, I'm ready!"

"Okay, all departments, pay attention, get ready to start!"

Ronald also noticed Sabado's abnormality. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the lead actor was having fun!

With the lens fixed, Ronald said into the director of photography's ear, "Just keep the camera still and let them jump."

The director of photography was well-informed and had never seen such a confrontational situation when acting came true. He agreed and told the camera crew that if they zoomed in, they might not be able to keep up with the improvisation of several dancers. Just use a large panoramic main lens to capture the entire wonderful dance.

"!"

"Ahh...ah!"

Sabado and Boogaloo prawns widened their eyes, shouted, and rushed in front of Falcon and Solomon.

He began to stick in front of the two opponents and began to provoke.

Both hands seemed to be pressed against the electric socket and kept shaking.

Ronald was very excited when he saw this situation where the fake thing came true. When the two of them rushed forward, Ronald saw Sabado's back.

He quickly covered his mouth and almost laughed again.

Sabado's second-hand clothes, which he didn't know where to buy, had three red Chinese characters written on the back. People who didn't understand Chinese at the scene found it very interesting. Only Ronald, who understood, almost burst into tears.

Those three words are the Cantonese way of writing Hollywood, "He! Li! Live!"

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