A biased view?

so called comentary

the fatal cancer?

thomas guzman sanchez ‘i invented the term break’

Thomas Guzman Sanchez ‘i invented the term break’

Obscure 90′s documentary Underground Dance Masters sells for $100 a pop from the Underground Dance Masters website.

The film covers the history of the legendary Lockers from the view of  the groups founding member Don Campbellock Campbell, and also the history of the Electric Boogaloo’s from the recollections of brothers Popping Pete, and Boogaloo Sam. While Don Campbell gives an exellent account of his involvement with the Lockers, in contrast  The Electric Boogaloo’s founding member Sam at times came across vague in his recollection of his groups roots .

The film features very interesting interviews with Don Campbellock Campbell Popping Pete, and Boogaloo Sam, and has good archival footage. but unfortunately falls short of  an indepth exploration of the root’s of the West Coast dance forms

Underground Dance masters  slyly writes ‘Campbellock Biters‘ Chain Reaction in to the history of the dance as relevent innovators, on seeing the footage they appear as copyists turning Don Campbells locking into  formulaic dance routines.

Sadly Underground Dance Masters director  (and Chain Reaction group member!)  Guzman Sanchez naively discredit’s the classic East Coast art of Bboying as ‘THE FATAL CANCER” disregarding it as nothing more than dance less tricks taken from Chinese kung fu movies.

Guzman Sanchez is clearly affected by the success of the raw street culture of NYC which stole the media spotlight in the early 80′s.and  condemns groups such as the Rock Steady Crew as the reason west coast street culture was destroyed by the media, At the same time Guzam Sanchez praises his groups appearance in the  80′s film  Xanadu starring Olivier Newton John.

The directors ignorance shines through in his simplified view of the over exposure of the East Coast artform, Guzman’s biased attitude greatly undermine a culture that took the world by storm , and even perpetuates east coast, west coast disharmony.