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Originally Posted by Rath
Let's be honest, as cool as Planet B-boy is, it's not for the average joe. What would you rather watch? A movie about an epic showdown between two samurai (completely fictional, all heart-pumping action, average story, and a bad representation of true samurai fights) or a documentary about the fights of old. Only someone fascinated by samurai will probably watch the documentary, but pretty much everyone is gonna watch the epic showdown movie 'coz that's what appeals to them.
Remember that Planet B-boy is a documentary, first and foremost.
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Very good point! And true indeed. Movie makers put movies in theatres for the purpose of making money, and they can only do that by putting movies in theatres that appeal to the general public. In this case, a documentary about "breakdancing" is cool and socially accepted by them, but when people hear documentary, they think.... shit, no plot, no storyline, its going to be a video with commentary. There isn't much we can do about it... all we can do is keep dancing, and keep that equilibrium between the corrupted and exploited "breakdancing" and the real bboying. There are people out there trying to ruin our love for dancing, but theres people like us that are keeping it alive, so it will never die.
