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Sep. 25th, 2012 11:04 amEveryone who never told me to watch Strictly Ballroom for the first twenty-six years of my life is immediately fired. It's a VERY SERIOUS MOVIE about the TWO PASSIONATE REBELS who could BRING DOWN the entire repressive, corrupt Australian ballroom dance regime! It's so full of sparkly costumes I don't even have words! GUYS. COME ON.
Strictly Ballroom has taught me a number of valuable life lessons. Here are the top five:
1. Losing the local ballroom dance competition can very easily drive you into a life of SORROW, SECLUSION and SHAME.
2. A disapproving family can ALWAYS be won over with a surprise dance-off.
3. Relatedly, ALWAYS wear a flamenco shirt under your work clothes in case you need to participate in a surprise dance-off with your daughter's boyfriend.
4. And always, ALWAYS bring the fancy pimped-out dress. Everywhere. Just in case.
5. BALLROOM DANCING IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.
If you remember these simple rules, you are sure to lead a sparkly and successful life. A LIFE NOT LIVED IN FEAR.
(If Baz Lurhmann's upcoming Great Gatsby film has even a quarter of this sparkly ridiculousness, I will be the happiest trollfaced English major ever.)
Strictly Ballroom has taught me a number of valuable life lessons. Here are the top five:
1. Losing the local ballroom dance competition can very easily drive you into a life of SORROW, SECLUSION and SHAME.
2. A disapproving family can ALWAYS be won over with a surprise dance-off.
3. Relatedly, ALWAYS wear a flamenco shirt under your work clothes in case you need to participate in a surprise dance-off with your daughter's boyfriend.
4. And always, ALWAYS bring the fancy pimped-out dress. Everywhere. Just in case.
5. BALLROOM DANCING IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.
If you remember these simple rules, you are sure to lead a sparkly and successful life. A LIFE NOT LIVED IN FEAR.
(If Baz Lurhmann's upcoming Great Gatsby film has even a quarter of this sparkly ridiculousness, I will be the happiest trollfaced English major ever.)
