STRICTLY BALLROOM: LEGACY & CONFORMITY
We’ve got our happy faces on, Les! That’s right, we’re watching an absolutely Australian classic, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom!
The premise is simple - Scott Hastings, the frustrated son of ballroom dancers, is tired of dancing the same steps. He risks it all to learn a new routine with a new partner with the goal of winning the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Dancing Championship.
Our themes were legacy and confirmity so, as you can imagine, there’s a lot to unpack! We’re also absolutely thrilled to be joined by Andrea Mann this week, screenwriter, hilarious human and friend of Jen V’s.
This episode was recorded on 30 April 2022.
Show notes
Firstly, big shout out to Andrea for joining us today! You can find out more about her writing here, and follow her on Facebook, Insta, and Twitter.
Some amazing info here at the Powerhouse Museum Strictly Ballroom Retrospective here.
And the National Film and Sound Archive is, likewise, a treasure trove - find it here.
Filming locations for Strictly Ballroom here.
We talk about a lot of films so here’s the IMDB links for all of them!
Die Hard (A Romcom: discuss)
And finally, more here on Catherine Martin
We’ll be back with season 7 next week, reading Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins next. Our foundational theme is yout, the full theme list will be up soon! It’s going to a good break for us after all the emotional intensity of the last two books!
We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where this episode was recorded - the Guringai and Darug people, and tangata whenua of Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Our intro and outro music is by the excellent Scott Buckley. Check him out here.
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Thanks for listening!