When you look at this poster, how does you feel? Some people may think that this movie is all about dancing and the great moves the main actress can portray. Some people may think it is a movie of a famous dancer and her career. Everyone has their own opinions about the poster, but the truth remains the same in the movie.
Lauryn is the main actress who comes from Indiana to Chicago to pursue her dream as a dancer in a famous school. She leaves her brother, Joel and her family business to fulfill her dream. Unexpectedly, she fails terribly in the first audition of her dream school. Lauryn's miserable and sorrow feelings are exposed to a waitress at a diner name Dana. They both get to know each other and Dana invites Lauryn to stay over at her apartment until she can sort things out. Before Lauryn realizes, she is already into the dancing at a club where Dana works at night. It is a great opportunity for Lauryn to get over her stage fright and to practice exploring her dancing moves. This golden chance allows Lauryn to discover new move and spices to enrich her dancing when she tries for the second audition at her school.
What is extremely important about this movie is that Lauryn represents her own individual decision and not let her brother's opinion or the teachers from her dream school affect her decision in striving for her dance career. When it comes to individual decision making, Lauryn has simple decisions with clear rationale, and she knows that she has the expertise and talent for dancing. She is confident and trust her ability to perform. With such a strong determination and persitence, she is confident enough to overcome group pressure. Clearly in this movie, Lauryn did manage to make her way through when one of her co-workers tries to push Lauryn out of her dancing at the club. In the end, Lauryn did overcome this obstacle with one specific goal on her mind- to become a real dancer. Even with group pressure or peer pressure, Lauryn still maintains her strength to get through it and become successful. Can you imagine what would happen if Lauryn follows her brother's opinion and some of her workers that she cannot achieve her goal? First of all, the movie will not have existed if she just follows along with what other people says. While people may perceive Lauryn's dream as impossible to achieve, but she demonstrates to us that if a person strongly believesin himself or herself, nothing is impossible. A strong individual goal is needed for a person to achieve his or own goal.
4 comments:
Lauryn's success is just one of the millions of stories that justify individualism. Yet, for each of these stories, there is probably a hundred of unsuccessful ones. It is quite interesting how our society only highlights cases, like Lauryn's story, to promote the pursue of happiness.
I can see your point in which there are many unsuccessful ones out there, but at least there are some that succeeded and why not give the rest more hope that anything is possible. Individualism is worthy in every way, so it is good that our society portray hope for the rest by showing a movie of a succesful ones.
Sure, these stories do give hope to everyone, but a false one. The repercussion of pursuing certain dreams may not be worth the desiring outcome because dreams only exist in one's dream; they are not real....damn what am I saying? Anyway, I argue that we are not rational people.
I hate to argue about this due to different opinions but personally, a false hope is still a hope. It is still better than having nothing to dream about afterall.
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