SHALL WE DANCE ? LIFE AS A DANCE FLOOR? :: essays research papers

You expect a comedy to tickle your funny bone so you can mountain pass out chuckling. Yes, Sh every(prenominal) We Dance does raise laughs. But - it also raises some arouse questions. The DVD says its A New Comedy About next Your Own Lead and a pun like that is bound to petition to the individualistic age we are supposed to be living in. It does indeed and yet, what is happiness and contentment? Is it a lovely, loving and loved spouse and all in all the trappings of a comfortable settled life? Can there be a consciousness of incompleteness in spite of having everything? Is that and then ingratitude? Should one be allowed to pursue individual goals? At what toll? John (Richard Gere) and Beverly (Susan Sarandon) Clark are comfortably married. They have two children, and he a good job as a lawyer. Yet, he is not content. He fills the void in his life by impulsively wound out of his commuter train seat up the stairs of flatten Mitzis Dance School after being captivated by Paulina (Jennifer Lopez) gazing out of the school window. A clumsy, shy, reluctant dancer at first, he taps a hidden side to his personality and blossoms into an accomplished ballroom dancer. All very well, except none of his family is aware of this chrysalis bursting open in this way. In roughly one hour and forty-five minutes, the film turns all expectations and predictability on their respective heads. With all the action building up towards the climactic Chicago Tattinger Trophy who could blame you for expecting a neatly wrapped share at that point Clark rewarded for his accomplishment, all revealed and settled? But - it is its aftermath that has much(prenominal) to say. Yes, there is dance as the mating ritual. Bobbie (Lisa Ann Walter), earthy, vivacious, loud, generous-hearted, is disappointed at Clarks treatment of Rumba, the dance of love. Paulina with her smouldering, controlled, Latino (stereotypical?) passion sets him straight. Yes, there is the hinted versed attracti on, even tension. But - there are also the bonds forged of friendship, comradeship and candour. Life and people are given a direction by and through dance. John Clark is able to put his life in perspective, piece Paulina unearths a lost spirit to chase her dreams. Beverly, a romantic with her sense of romance probably buried under the laundry, jackets at the apparel variance where she works and the whims of two teenage children, is very understandably miffed plainly finds her feet again and how