Footloose

“The thing that’s worse than rebellion is the thing that causes it.” This is a famous quote from Fredrick Douglass, this quote applies for both Catcher in the Rye and Footloose. (1984) The chronological structures of both pieces are similar leading up to the main characters Holden Caulfield and Ariel Moore rebellion. Both stories Structures are very similar, a death of a sibling which leads to parental authority pressuring to be the perfect kid, that makes them want to rebel against their parents. In the Catcher in the Rye and Footloose before they start telling the story their sibling passes away and the author or director reveals I that later on in the story. When Holden’s brother passes away he’s not sure how to handle the situation, he…

Footloose: The Original Movie The ratings assigned to movies can be touch and go. What was once accepted for a movie to be rated PG-13 or R was clearly defined. Today, movies and television programs have blurred the lines of what people may find offensive, and what they would like to watch with their children. These hazy lines can make it difficult enjoy the content, lighting, camera angles, and soundtracks of movies. Footloose, the original version, is an old fashioned coming of age movie that…

The play Footloose could have many interpretations of the overall message depending on the values of each audience member. I believe that the overall message of the play is finding freedom from the things that entrap you. We see evidence of this throughout the major plot line, and in each character’s personal fight for freedom. The title of the play, the dialogue, and the songs also support this message of freedom. The title of “Footloose” gives the audience the first clues they need to realize…

Many different themes reoccur through the play, three of which are; trust, belief and being your self. Examples of these can be found within each of the main characters and are shown in many different ways. The idea of trust and learning to trust is one of the bigger themes to Footloose. We see each of the main characters struggling with trust at some point in the story line until they eventually do trust one another and themselves. Two major times when people learned to trust one another in…

The protagonist of Footloose is Ren McCormack a spunky teen with a bit of a mouth on him; I would say that he is a strong protagonist. This is due to his personality and the choices he makes throughout the plot. We see that not all the choices he makes are good ones as well as him being labelled the town troublemaker just for being who he is. His personality lends to his strength as a protagonist mainly through his temperament, and how he relates to other characters. Ren is not quick to…

behind why people are so demanding of jobs. While both of these authors have very similar points that connect to each other to better understand their argument, they both have evidence that contradicts with one another. While Huws and Sennett, both explore the lack of security in many jobs, Huws focuses more on the lack of demand for certain jobs, while Sennett focuses more on Enrico and Rico 's personal feelings regarding his own perceived lack of security. As discussed in both articles, there…

it refers to sensations experienced in relation to movement and position (Dee and Reason, 18). Thus, kinesthetic empathy refers to a participation in this from an audience, empathy being the process of projecting the self on to the object in question. The following essay will compare the dance film ‘Footloose’ (Ross, 1984), specifically the ‘Angry dance’ scene and the boxing film ‘Rocky I’ (Avildsen, 1976), specifically the ‘training montage’ to analyse how they produce this form of…

Producing kinaesthetic empathy in an audience is not guaranteed in with ‘Rocky I’ or ‘Footloose’, embodied responses of audience are varied. Reasons and Reynolds suggest that kinaesthetics ought to be considered as plural rather than singular, different members of the audience are likely to have different responses and reactions based on their personal background and experiences (Reason and Reynolds, ) While they consider this specifically in relation to dance, these varied responses could be…

As Jones puts forward, the performance numbers in dance will have a relatively realistic plot motivation, the use of familiar thematic, visual and narrative aspects seen in dance and sports film encourages the ‘believability’ of the performance (Jones, 2). Rocky’s training sequence aligns with the ‘Angry dance’ scene in ‘Footloose’ in the way that the action in both films is placed there to progress the natural narrative on some way. Rocky’s training becomes very similar to a dance sequence…

This years theme for Augustana “Time to Play” correlates well with the choice of Footloose as this years play. There are a couple things that link the two of these things together including the university institution itself and new perspectives. Often within the university setting we are locked into the academic side with not too much time for fun between assignments, readings and studying, especially where the emphasis is put on academics rather than fun. Often we hear that at university…