Comments on: Another Blackberry Commercial Irks In Many Ways

By: _Aaron

_Aaron — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:59:42 +0000

Jerking is alot different than what she is doing, the style of dancing she is doing is called krumping.

By: Tulletilsynet

Tulletilsynet — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:31 +0000

Hello Bry, excuse the hell out of an extremely old fart (83 next Wednesday) for asking, but by "that spastic karate-chop shit the crazy-haired girl … is practicing," are you referring to the thing she does for 0.75 seconds at somewhere around second 40 in this clip?

By: JGP

JGP — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:22:12 +0000

HTMB – solid information. He's kinda scary good.

By: HeyThatsMyBike

HeyThatsMyBike — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:01:26 +0000

JGP – interestingly enough, Jason's sister used to (and may still) teach hip hop dance classes near Union Square. For being a white girl from Kansas, she knows how to move. And she's a good teacher! So I have a feeling he had some choreography help for that little piece of awesome.

By: anewnadir

anewnadir — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:50:11 +0000

The New Boyz are actually from Albuquerque, originally, and my local paper (actually quite a conservative rag) ran a full spread on them a few months back.

Something about living in the same town as these people are from makes their popularity nothing to laugh at. I frown at it.

By: Mary HK Choi

Mary HK Choi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:39:56 +0000

EEEEEEW. Krumping video from 2007 FROM AUSTRALIA. My eyeholes… She was DEFINITELY krumping judging from the KAPLOW movements since krumping was all about crews that dressed like juggalos and mime-thwarted other jesterish looking fools. BUT since this is 2009 I think the ad definitely may have intended to jerk especially since they're all wearing a lot of plaid BUT they're also wearing baggy jeans which is SO EMBARRASSING. Either way, Bry's right. This ad is a godawful shitsmear and why BlackBerry's are like RAZR motorolas.

By: Dave Bry

Dave Bry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:43 +0000

Aghh! Delete entire post! You are right, Adouble. I'd never gotten past the dress-up-like-a-clown aspect of krumping to watch the dance moves closely enough. I am now embarrassed. But thank you.

By: iplaudius

iplaudius — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:04:21 +0000

Jerking — the real thing, like the New Boyz vid — seems smoother and more elbowy than what that girl is doing or trying to do in the commercial.

Reminiscent of the Humpty Dance?

Also, who is the bald middle-aged white guy at 3:38? The obligatory Jewish producer?

By: JGP

JGP — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:53:24 +0000

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that the best dancer in the world appears to be Jason Sudakis on that SNL sketch "What's Up With That." High quality.

By: Adouble

Adouble — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:35:24 +0000

Actually, to my eyes (eyez?) I'd say that that girl is trying to krump rather than jerk. I'm not saying it's good, just that it's closer to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GMNbZ8B1xA
than what Bry posted.

By: JGP

JGP — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:05 +0000

Damn, I just figured out krumping.

By: gregorg

gregorg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:09:19 +0000

#$(%*ing Blackberry poseurs… I was into jerking way back when it was in an HP ad last year.

By: KarenUhOh

KarenUhOh — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:24 +0000

Apparently the rights to All You Need Is Cash were beyond Blackberry's budget.

By: Dave Bry

Dave Bry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:59 +0000

I think you might have found some different videos than the ones i was talking about.

By: iplaudius

iplaudius — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:52 +0000

I've been jerking since 1989. Not a new thing.