After having witnessed flamenco in Spain, I still think this is one of the finest examples ever! Sure, it is not strictly traditional, but that is the beauty of it! It shows how the traditions of one country can be transferred to a new one and kept alive, burning, fierce and defiant!
#forever favourite
Sigh, so sad the video was blocked. @ladytpStrictly Ballroom is one of my favorite films. I owned on VHS and DVD. It was my first introduction to Baz Luhrmann. It such fun and funny movie.
Och! There are a fee other clips of that famous final scene in YouTube, so just search “Strictly Ballroom final dance” or such… This was the best quality though.
And I totally agree - what a magnificent film, which has aged well too (it was made back in middle ages, around 1992 😁).
(Anyone who remembers this scene from S01E03 Of Cabbages and Kings knows he totally deserved being tied against a tree, but I still think it’s hilarious. Of all the hackneyed attempts to restrain a man. And if anyone seeing this out of context is unsettled, please know that he sarcastically claps in this situation.)
Posting this just to share the link of an article that talks a bit about the real Simcoe and the impressions he left on those he interacted with in the American Revolution.
I always found his characterization funny. Samuel Roukin, the actor, is amazing and TV Simcoe is a irreplaceable character that enriches the show in rewarding ways (and drives, like, a third of the plot, at least in Season 1). But certainly the history I grew up knowing did not paint him as the cheerful sociopath that he is in the show XD
Anyway, for Villain Monday of Turn Week 2023, enjoy reading about the man behind one of the most unhinged portrayals in the show (though, of course, he is in excellent company.)
After having witnessed flamenco in Spain, I still think this is one of the finest examples ever! Sure, it is not strictly traditional, but that is the beauty of it! It shows how the traditions of one country can be transferred to a new one and kept alive, burning, fierce and defiant!
