Belonging Strictly Ballroom

perceptiveness nourishes be a lack of pinch prevents it Understanding can nourish belong and let it grow, up to now a lack of understanding can damage a persons sense of belonging and prevent it. This concept is portrayed in Baz Luhrmans film strictly ballroom and related textbook poem Rhapsody on a windy night by T S Elliot. These texts depict the carriage a lack of understanding may damage a persons sense of belonging and the foundation of belonging is powerful to ones self identity.Lack of a sense of belonging is portrayed in the mockumentary film Strictly Ballroom through the character Scott Hastings as he is enured as an outcast because he refuse to correct to the mainstream way of ballroom dance. The col scene portrays the false, fairy story shadeing of the world of ballroom dance through the motif showing big red curtains opening with matching theatrical music. The over the top fakery is sh induce through the fluffy costumes and over the top hair of the dancers in the opening scene.They are shown hugging and exchanging high fives, portraying that they belong because they have conformed to the mainstream way of dance presented by Barry Fife. You can dance any travel you like but it doesnt mean you will win. This abduce spoken by Barry fife shows the power he holds because he controls who wins. Unless you perform his steps that are shown in the icon The right way to dance you are non going to win. In the extreme close up of his mouth, we see the crooked rotten teeth because symbolically he is a crooked rotten person.When Scott dances his own steps the scene is shown in slow motion with a freeze frame, beautiful music with a pleasing crowd reaction to match shows that everyone including Scott was enjoying the dance. The camera switches to the furious faces of Shirley and Barry fife showing that everyone loved the new steps except for everyone who had confirmed that sat on the federation leaders table. The Table is situated higher than the d ancers and consultation depicting how they are in charge. Lizs lack of understanding for Scotts love for his own steps is shown when she threatens Scott to conform to the federation steps for Ballroom dancing. Im not dancing with you until you are supposed to Barry has programmed the dancers like robots to follow his sort out steps what did you think of the steps? . I dont think Fran as a beginner dancer does not belong in the ballroom dancing world. Her frizzy hair, acne covered skin, thick subfusc glasses and covered figureless body makes her a target for nasty comments. The Slapstick humour when Liz and Scott knocking over Fran when she is trying to comfort them shows how she is not respected and over looked. Understanding however can give a person a sense of belonging in society or within themselves.Fran and Scott both feel like outcasts because they love to dance their own steps and not conform to the federation I wishing to dance with you your way. When the song time aft er time plays while Scott and Fran are dancing, Fran shows Scott what she is capable of proving that she is not a hopeless dancer like everyone stereotypes her to be. Scott tells her to dance without her glasses and we notice throughout the movie the tighter raiment she wears to reveal her toned elegant body structure, portraying as she feels a sense of comfort and understanding towards Scott, she starts to gain her own identity.