"Jail Dancers Hit it Big Again"

So says the title of the news story regarding the Cebu Dancing Prisoners' latest offering. Watch the video here. There's supposed to be a video that already had 700,000 views, but I did not find it in the search results in You Tube.

So the story goes that Michael Jackson's choreographers went to Cebu to supervise and dance along with the inmates to the King of Pop's "They Don't Care About Us." I think the inmates did a better job choreographing themselves in their previous dance stunts.

Anyway, the January 27 Inquirer story had this quote from Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia who agreed to the filming of the video "free of charge."

"Agreeing to the project has no money consideration because it's priceless. I mean, no money can buy the prestige."

I didn't think that was a smart thing to do and say. How many millions of DOLLARS will Sony Entertainment PROFIT from from the toil and time of the inmates, jail guards, and other staff of the Cebu Provincial Jail - not to mention the facilities and utilities of the institution. Such generosity! All for PRESTIGE???  

Better jail conditions, rehabilitation programs, livelihood programs do not come free and cannot be paid by prestige. Sony Entertainment does not need a donation - if they had paid, it was merely a fair exchange for services given.

Sayang.