On a clear understanding that this kind of thing can happen....

[hildy89]

I finally got around to watching the Japanese version of "Shall We Dance?" I dvred out of curiosity. I'm glad I did. It reminded me a little of "Dance with Me" where the dance classes and social dancing were so different in style from the competitive ballroom. I haven't seen the American version yet, but I can already see where they'd be major differences, just translating Japanese to American cultures. For instance, I wanted more closure with the wife and family than there was, but I could almost see why it wasn't necessary. The movie is a very bittersweet story, definitely not a romance in the traditional sense. The lovely actress who played Mai is apparently a professional ballet dancer, which makes sense. She moved beautifully. I'm going to have the King and I stuck in my brain for awhile though. Either that or want to find "Championship Ballroom" on PBS. (Hmph, it appears PBS kicked the ballroom dancers out to the curb...) Somehow I think I will be writing a dancing scene in my Nano tonight...

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[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Betcha one of the myriad of ESPNs carries it these days. Although I still can't quite get over the change to calling it "dancesport".

[bizarra.livejournal.com]

Steve and I saw this in the Theatre when it came out to indy theatres a few years ago and fell hard for it. I loved this movie. And no, I have no seen the American remake, becuase from what I can tell they totally loused it up. Per usual.