You knew this day was coming and now it’s arrived: after a few mentions in previous posts, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) has finally, officially invaded Soundtrack Saturday.
Released only seven months after the first Breakin’, Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (FYI: You can’t just say “Breakin’ 2.” The “Electric Boogaloo” must always follow. It’s a rule.) brings back our heroes from the first film — Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones), and Turbo (Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers) — who use their breakdancing skills to try and stop a greedy land developer from tearing down their beloved community center.
When we join our heroes, we find that Kelly is working as a dancer and apparently hasn’t seen her buddies Ozone and Turbo in a while. She decides she misses them, so she makes a visit to Miracles, the community center where they work. Turns out a developer wants to bulldoze it in order to build a shopping center. Ozone and a few of the other volunteers, including Byron (Harry Caesar), the man who runs Miracles, go to City Hall and find out from the city commissioner that they have 30 days to raise enough money to save and renovate the center or the developer will have his way and the building will come down.
Ozone, Turbo, and Kelly, along with the other volunteers and kids who use the center, decide to try and raise money by holding a car wash. When that endeavor doesn’t raise enough funds, they decide to throw a big street festival to raise more money. Later, as the group is doing maintenance on the community center, Kelly tells Ozone she’s up for the lead in a show in Paris. He questions her loyalty to the community center and whether or not she’ll stick around to help save it.
Me: Mayor Nelson, thank you for taking the time to do this interview.