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English Analytical Exposition - Strictly Ballroom By Caitlin Donohue In the film Strictly Ballroom, Baz Luhrmann has re-worked a play from his drama college days into a romantic musical comedy with a satirical twist and a fairytale ending. The tale, a classic love story, parodies the Australian ballroom dancing scene to develop the message "A life lived in fear is a life half lived". Luhrmann uses the "red curtain" cinematic form to elicit a response from his audience. The film is set in the highly theatrical, almost fantasy world of competition dancing and portrays an individual (Scott) overcoming the conformity of a large hierarchical organisation (Australian Dance Federation) by allowing creativity to triumph over convention. It follows the structure of a fairytale where the ugly-duckling outsider (Fran) wins through with courage and grace. The audience is left in no doubt that they are participating in a film through Luhrmann's use of...

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