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Thriller Inmates Do Live Shows

Posted Apr 28, 08 12:44 PM CDT in World,  Arts & Living    Most Covered

(Newser) – Inmates at a Philippines prison who made it big on YouTube dancing to Thriller are now a live attraction, Reuters reports. Hundreds of viewers each month stand on platforms around the jail's exercise grounds to watch prisoners dance to songs like Queen’s Radio Ga Ga and Bonnie Tyler’s I Need a Hero. “It was great. Two thumbs up,” said one audience member.

At the end of the program, open to the public one Saturday a month, visitors can have their pictures taken with the prisoners and buy souvenir prison shirts.

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Filipino inmates sway their arms as part of a dance routine during their morning workout at the Cebu Provincial and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu city, central Philippines on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007.   (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Filipino inmate Wenjiel Resane leads other inmates during their morning dance workout at the Cebu Provincial and Rehabilitation Center in Cebu city, central Philippines on Wednesday Aug. 8, 2007.   (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Inmates practice their dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."   (Twiststl)

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