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Actors: Evan Adams, Michelle St. John, Gene Tagoban, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Business of Fancydancing |
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Successful young gay poet Seymour Polatkin (Adams) escaped the Spokane Reservation to attend college and settle in Seattle many years ago. The funeral of a boyhood friend, the fiddler known as "Mouse" who committed suicide, brings him back to the res and people from his past: the perpetually angry Ari (Tagaborn), and Agnes (St. John), a half-Indian, half-Jewish woman with whom Seymour had a passionate affair in college before accepting his homosexuality. The film is a collage of natural and contrived imagery, with many flashbacks as well as scenes where the principle characters dance in costume or are grilled by an interviewer on a black set. Decent acting and writing, but a lot of loose ends. This 2002 film is Indian writer Sherman Alexie's directorial debut, taking off from his book of poems of the same name. (Previously, he wrote the screenplay for 1998's "Smoke Signals.")
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Business of Fancydancing |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture clash?
- being oppressed by outside culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- American rural
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
Prairie?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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