[Supes1234567]

Benson, your movie was great and the previews that i saw on youtube were what made me think about starting

[giovannile07]

Haha I loved it. =] Best movie ever! :]]

[MaDD]

In response to Mr.I Know Everything About Bboys so I Write Ignorant Articles Then Cry When I Get Called Out For It (aka Kyle) ... I left this comment

Hmmm, miscellaneous critic who doesn't know anything about bboys or bboying idiotically associating the dance with gangsters. Thats all I get from this little tidbit. Your original review itself was not only bland but uneducated showing little more than your ignorance towards the genre. 'Bboy World' was never made for the likes of you you, thus I'm glad you don't like it. Bboying itself is an art form tailored for those who have dedication, appreciation, and love for the dance and the culture. For us it was like watching the highest peak of our dreams and seeing the real adversity that others have had to go through to get there. What would you know about any of that? Nothing, you don't dance with us, you're not part of our culture, you've never even experienced our real culture (nor did you do so much as read a wikipedia article to get the most basic understanding of it before you spout off slander, and no, it has nothing to do with dancing for crowds in subways), yet you judge our dance and our culture as if you had done all of the aforementioned. In the end the only one this reflects poorly on is you, showing that you're willing to jump to conclusions with no understanding of the topic. So please continue to ignore your subway dancers and go about your ever important reviews (I bet someday you may even get published in something worthwhile if you are lucky.), meanwhile I'll make sure to ignore articles with your name on them, instead opting to read critics who actually approach a negative review with a shred of intellect and research a topic before they pretend to know about it.

[SLF1452]

*tear* wow. I never in a million years thought that this guy would ever hear me calling him an elitist shithead through bboy.org , nor did i think he would actually respond to it.

I also never thought my post would get Benson Lee to respond to it.

Sa-weeeeet.

Oh and Madd, good on ya for taking the high road.

[BBoyAcid]

Nice MaDD!
Props for writing that...another one that keeps the culture alive!
rep + .1

[T-Stunna]

Hell yea kudos bro

[AK47]

I'd like to see jonnyz or Desi hit up that blog with a comment or two.

and MaDD, he has responded to your comment:

@Tyler, it’s true I am not part of B-Boy culture and have never danced with you. I have also never visited the Death Star nor slain anyone with a light saber. Yet I managed to like “Star Wars.” Also, Tyler, please note that I did not call the performers in “Planet B-Boy” gangsters. I called them gangstas. Gangsters are scary. Gangstas are ridiculous.

[cHo¢KoLaTe]

^^Thats obviously a sign he had nothing to say lol.

[k3V1n]

Yay I posted too!

p.s was talkin to that jack guy.

[VicValSwift]

Originally Posted by AK47 I'd like to see jonnyz or Desi hit up that blog with a comment or two. and MaDD, he has responded to your comment:

Haha damn, word. I was thinking the same exact thing. @ This:

@Tyler, it’s true I am not part of B-Boy culture and have never danced with you. I have also never visited the Death Star nor slain anyone with a light saber. Yet I managed to like “Star Wars.” Also, Tyler, please note that I did not call the performers in “Planet B-Boy” gangsters. I called them gangstas. Gangsters are scary. Gangstas are ridiculous.

Shows he has no ounce of intelligence in that ignorant brain of his.

[MaDD]

I read both of his replies to me a few hours ago and just haven't had the time to wordsmith a response. Bottom line what he is trying to say now is "It wasn't a good documentary" as opposed to "This shit is stupid and all the people who do it are stupid" If he had written that in the original review (much like the VERY first link on this page) he wouldn't have a problem now, I also like how he addressed NONE of my comments and just wrote it off with an asinine comparison to star wars (you know because fiction and documentaries are so closely related)

I'll deal with it later when I have patience for it.

[Backfire]

wow that stuff is funny

[azndannyxd]

# jack Says: April 17th, 2008 at 1:14 pm Its amazing these bboys are so insecure and respond so violently to criticism. Is it because deep down in their hearts they know what they are doing is totally worthless. The spirited response by these bboys to your c-column Kyle is an obvious rreflection of their sself-awareness that they are not really cconstructive members of society and are probably lazy crack addicts looking for a handout in life.

that was on Hate Mail of the Week (II): “Elitist S***Head” | KyleSmithOnline.com and it kinda got me mad.

[someone9995]

I couldn't help but to reply... Tried to keep it as respectful as possible to get him to respect my opinion a bit more:

# Someone Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
April 17th, 2008 at 9:30 pm

Mr. Kyle Smith,
This review and criticism appears to have turned into a frenzy of mudslinging, with both sides doing little to respect the other. I expect a bit of immaturity from anonymous forum members that get a bit overexcited, but I expected more maturity from a prestigious film critic writing for such a well-known newspaper as the Washington Post.

I take no offense to the criticism which you present to the film “Planet B-Boy,” that being that you found little substance to the plot or character development. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and due to the fact that I have not seen the movie, I can make no judgment as to whether or not this is an accurate analysis. What I do find to be quite disheartening is the fact that you go beyond criticizing the film to criticizing the breakdancing community in general.

You begin this unnecessary criticism by saying that watching breakdancing for five minutes is a waste of your time. This is completely irrelevant to the movie or the criticism of said movie, and merely serves to insult those who truly enjoy and value bboying. Next, you insult the fact that the prize money awarded in the “Battle of the Year” is a rather meager sum. The people participating in this event, I would estimate, do not participate because they want prize money, but because bboying is something they love to do and put their heart into. You move on to insult the intellect of these dancers. I myself bboy, and while I am not old enough to claim to be as much of an intellectual as you (I’m only 17), I did manage to get a perfect SAT score and graduate at the top of my class, while being a bboy. Furthermore, there are bboy crews at many of the top colleges and universities. Finally, you conclude your article with the assertion that these individuals are working to become the “semi-visible backup dancers in music videos.” These individuals are dancing because they love doing it, not because they want to make a lot of money with a successful career in bboying. I do not claim that you need to research bboying before you review this film, nor that you write a good review of a movie you did not particularly like. I merely ask that you do not write a review that insults a culture you do not understand. It does not even bother me overmuch that you insulted the film, as this is a film criticism. But that you take the time (what appears to be almost half of your article) to insult bboys is what I find quite offensive. You then respond to the “hate mail” by calling the people of the culture ridiculous. I expect someone who is in as respected a position as yourself to be above insulting your critics.

In conclusion, I merely could not keep quiet about this battle of insults, which is equally immature on both sides. I am disgusted by the fact that you were the first one to start the mudslinging, and quite disappointed by the lack of maturity from others. However, it is a little less to expect a single, respectable individual such as yourself to be mature than to expect not a one of the thousands of members of bboy.org to respond impolitely. The fact that many of those thousands did not respond with anger or disrespect leads me to respect that community much more than the hate of a few.

Anonymous

[AK47]

Originally Posted by someone9995 I couldn't help but to reply... Tried to keep it as respectful as possible to get him to respect my opinion a bit more: # Someone Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. April 17th, 2008 at 9:30 pm Mr. Kyle Smith, This review and criticism appears to have turned into a frenzy of mudslinging, with both sides doing little to respect the other. I expect a bit of immaturity from anonymous forum members that get a bit overexcited, but I expected more maturity from a prestigious film critic writing for such a well-known newspaper as the Washington Post. I take no offense to the criticism which you present to the film “Planet B-Boy,” that being that you found little substance to the plot or character development. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and due to the fact that I have not seen the movie, I can make no judgment as to whether or not this is an accurate analysis. What I do find to be quite disheartening is the fact that you go beyond criticizing the film to criticizing the breakdancing community in general. You begin this unnecessary criticism by saying that watching breakdancing for five minutes is a waste of your time. This is completely irrelevant to the movie or the criticism of said movie, and merely serves to insult those who truly enjoy and value bboying. Next, you insult the fact that the prize money awarded in the “Battle of the Year” is a rather meager sum. The people participating in this event, I would estimate, do not participate because they want prize money, but because bboying is something they love to do and put their heart into. You move on to insult the intellect of these dancers. I myself bboy, and while I am not old enough to claim to be as much of an intellectual as you (I’m only 17), I did manage to get a perfect SAT score and graduate at the top of my class, while being a bboy. Furthermore, there are bboy crews at many of the top colleges and universities. Finally, you conclude your article with the assertion that these individuals are working to become the “semi-visible backup dancers in music videos.” These individuals are dancing because they love doing it, not because they want to make a lot of money with a successful career in bboying. I do not claim that you need to research bboying before you review this film, nor that you write a good review of a movie you did not particularly like. I merely ask that you do not write a review that insults a culture you do not understand. It does not even bother me overmuch that you insulted the film, as this is a film criticism. But that you take the time (what appears to be almost half of your article) to insult bboys is what I find quite offensive. You then respond to the “hate mail” by calling the people of the culture ridiculous. I expect someone who is in as respected a position as yourself to be above insulting your critics. In conclusion, I merely could not keep quiet about this battle of insults, which is equally immature on both sides. I am disgusted by the fact that you were the first one to start the mudslinging, and quite disappointed by the lack of maturity from others. However, it is a little less to expect a single, respectable individual such as yourself to be mature than to expect not a one of the thousands of members of bboy.org to respond impolitely. The fact that many of those thousands did not respond with anger or disrespect leads me to respect that community much more than the hate of a few. Anonymous

He writes for the New York Post, which is a tabloid aka yellow journalism.