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Do you know anyone who is a worse dancer than Emilio Estevez in this film?

― Claire, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Me.

No, seriously, I'm the greatest dancer. But only if it's solipsistic early 90s indie stuff that allows me to look intently and lovingly at my Converse All-Stars.

Nice brand reference there. What a perfect consumerist subject I am.

― Nathan Barley, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In my interview for a MA in Film the other day I mentioned this scene to show how a genres rules can be bent but never broken (somehow - despite them being in detention - to conform to the 80's teen music plot there had to be a dance scene). But no, it is a terrible bit of onscreen dancing I'll grant you.

― Pete, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Every music scene in every 1980s film had a terrible dance scene (or three) and not only was the music terrible (Hey! We just got a synth - - lets make shit music for Hollywood. Kewl!), the obligatory 'In the local nightclub' scene was home to truly awful dancing that involved using your arms rigidly pivoted at the elbows and using lots of shoulder circular movements. And the clothes they wore were very rub.

― Nathan Barley, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Elaine Benes

― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah search Jon Claude Van Damme's dance routine in Kickboxer, quite possibly the fucking funnies thing I have ever seen.

― Chris, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The dance routine in Mannequin , where Kim Cattral and Matthew Macarthy dance after hours in a shopping centre is a close second though. The tune sucks too, it's called 'do you dream about me?' by Alisha, and sounds like it belongs in a lift.

― Claire, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i'll grant you jean is a bad dancer - the proof is him dicking about by the breakdancers in a leotard in "breakdance electric boogaloo" - does anyone know what a "boogaloo" is

― james, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

electric boogaloo has been on HBO for a week straight. I've never seen such horrible acting. Porno movies look like Oscar winners compared to this. To think it was once my favorite film, when I was 12.

― Chris, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah but the sound track rocks - aint no stoppin us , no stoppin......

― james, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There was a film called 'Roller Boogie' which makes Gonks Go Beat look like High Art. Basically - the kids luv roller discos, but the evil property developed wants to turn their beachfront boogie parlour into condos (BOO!). But the kidz fite back (YAY!) and win (BIG YAY!) and then dance (BIG BIG BOO!). Awful. Scarred my mind, as you can see. At times like this, I wish my brain had a recycle bin.

― Nathan Barley, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the morris-dancing hobbits in LotR were pretty bad.

― katie, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dont even start me on morris dancers. At what age does the idea of wearing knee high socks and shorts become attractive to a man? Nathan, being a shoe man, what shoes do Morris dancers tend to favour?

― Claire, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Morris dancers like the shiny slip-ons with big brass buckles on. Why I know not. I only know they are dud, and are often found near CAMRA type things. Bad thing all round. Though thankfully, you rarely see them on the silver screen, and three cheers for that.

― Nathan Barley, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

HEY NONNY - whoa there young man, morris dancing - or the dance of the marina as it is otherwise known is a way of expreessing ones love for nature, beer, slapping mens arses and wooden sticks - what could be more natural for a gang of brearded civil servants (except for hill walking)

― james, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

HEY NONNY NO.

― Claire, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Nazis luvved Morris Dancing. That nature, beer, bottoms and sticks schtick floated their boat big style. They used to send troops of young Aryans to the Lake District to get close the rustic life as lived, closer to nature, and to see the morris dancing.

Obviously, this says more about the relationship between romanticism and certain tenets of eco-fascism, but it's a stick to beat the Morris dancers with, so there.

― Nathan Barley, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Blimey, is that true? Only my Dad is a Morris Dancer and that would be a great fact to put to him.
Incidentally clogs are obviously (and by painful experience) the footwear of choice for Morris Dancers.
Morris Dancing is completely unfathomable to me, for years I broke out in a sweat at the mere mention of it in case someone discovered my secret. I'm ok now though.

― Simeon, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I hear you Simeon, my dad was into Celine Dion for 4 years, I still break out in hives just thinking about the long faced goon, Celine that is..

― Claire, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ANd I know that my heart will go oooooonnnnnnnnnn - glug glug glug.

― Pete, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love how this thread was started by someone named Claire. It's a family name!

― Lindsey B, Friday, 14 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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