>>> import numpy as np

>>> arr = np.random.randint(0, 2, size=(2, 2, 2))

>>> arr

array([[[0, 0],
        [1, 0]],

       [[1, 1],
        [1, 0]]])

>>> arr == 1

array([[[False, False],
        [ True, False]],

       [[ True,  True],
        [ True, False]]], dtype=bool)

>>> arr == (1, )

array([[[False, False],
        [ True, False]],

       [[ True,  True],
        [ True, False]]], dtype=bool)

>>> arr == (1, 1)

array([[[False, False],
        [ True, False]],

       [[ True,  True],
        [ True, False]]], dtype=bool)

>>> arr == (1, 1, 1)
/Users/mperry/env/mapbox35/bin/ipython:1: DeprecationWarning: elementwise == comparison failed; this will raise an error in the future.
  #!/Users/mperry/env/mapbox35/bin/python3.5
False