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      • A YouTube 41-million-hit sensation features more than 1,500 inmates in a Philippines prison yard executing the funky footwork as part of a rehab program designed to “turn dregs into human beings”; the prison, in the city of Cebu, has become a T-shirt-selling tourist attraction.
  1. Many elements of Michael Jackson's Thriller have had a lasting impact on popular culture, such as the zombie dance and Jackson's red jacket, designed by Landis's wife, Deborah Nadoolman. It is closely associated with Halloween , and fans worldwide re-enact its zombie dance.

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  3. Nov 25, 2023 · In 2007, a video of 1,500 Filipino prisoners dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller went viral. Now it's the basis for a new musical that is being hailed as the first fully realized Filipino ...

  4. Dec 1, 2023 · In 2007, a video of 1,500 inmates at a Filipino maximum security prison dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller was uploaded to YouTube, creating one of the internet's first viral videos. The clip...

  5. A YouTube 41-million-hit sensation features more than 1,500 inmates in a Philippines prison yard executing the funky footwork as part of a rehab program designed to “turn dregs into human...

  6. Sep 23, 2020 · Garcia taped and uploaded videos of the sessions to YouTube, and in 2007, the one of the "CPDRC Dancing Inmates" doing the "Thriller" dance hit big and went viral. As of 2020, more than 59 million people had watched the sea of orange-clad people amble and groove like zombie-monsters.

  7. Nov 29, 2023 · The video handed the spotlight to 1,500 inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, who performed a tight, choreographed routine set to Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller“. In 2010, Time named the video as one of YouTube’s 50 greatest hits.

  8. Dec 2, 2023 · Two months after Jackson died at age 50 in 2009, 13,597 people performed the dance in Mexico City, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest group to successfully take on the choreography.

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