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'Breakin' 2' stars respond to far-right extremists co-opting the name 'Boogaloo': 'This is really bizarre' (exclusive)
Kevin Polowy - June 11, 2020

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo owns the most lampooned title in movie history, a veritable pop culture meme generally denoting “cash grab sequel” ever since its 1984 release. Electric Boogaloo, which draws its name from a 1980s hip-hop dance, has been spoofed in everything from The Goldbergs to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to roughly 10,000 Twitter jokes.

But the term “boogaloo” has also been co-opted by far-right extremist groups, in a direct reference to the film, as a code word for their planned second Civil War — as in Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo.

In advance of the release of a Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo cast reunion video chat organized by Yahoo Entertainment, we reached out to the series stars Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones (Ozone) and Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers (Turbo) for their reactions on the appropriation of their film’s famed (or infamous) moniker.

“It just points to what a bizarre state we find ourselves in. This is really bizarre,” says Quiñones, an actor, dancer, choreographer and activist who does not see the title as further tarnished or in need of redemption. “I’ve seen the name being used for all kinds of things over the decades, so I wasn’t surprised; nor did it create a rise in me.”

“There’s freedom of speech, and there’s people who are gonna do what they want out there,” says Chambers, who also points to all the times the sequel’s name has been satirized. “It’s just a title, so I don’t really have a problem with people using that name. It’s free enterprise; it has nothing to do with what we did. It doesn’t have anything to do with what I stand for as a person. It has nothing to do with dance.”

The “boogaloo boys” or “boogaloo bois,” as they’ve become known, are not street dancers or B-boys. “I don’t think anyone would associate them with being dancers,” laughs Quiñones. So when it comes to Electric Boogaloo, “I claim ownership over the term with respect to its proper use, but I don’t take any ownership over a term that is being misused.”

The true nature and full scope of the underground boogaloo movement remains confounding — and seemingly more sprawling and fractured than early reports suggested.

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