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Actors: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Dante Basco, John Ortiz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Take the Lead |
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Pierre Dulain (Antonio Banderas) is a professional ballroom dance instructor, running a very upscale series of dance classes. On his way home from a dance recital one night, he sees a young African-American man,Rock played by Rob Brown, damaging a car (later finds out the car belongs to his high school principal). The next day Pierre goes to Rock's high school and requests a job from the principal to help the students. Annoyed, the principal places Pierre in charge of the detention class held in the school basement. Pierre wastes no time in letting the students know that his intention is to teach them ballroom dancing. He is not surprised to see Rob amongst the bunch of rejects. LaRhette (Yaya Dacosta) another detention student is Rob's enemy due to problems their brothers had in the past that left eachother dead.
On the other side of town, one of Pierre's richer student finds herself in a bind when she finds herself having to prepare for the social event of the year.She doesn't seem to be getting the steps right and becomes frustrated. At first Pierre has a hard time getting all parties to cooperate but then with a bit of threatening (with ballroom music that is) and some monetary incentive, the group decide to put their best foot forward and prepare for an upcoming city wide ballroom dancing contest. By combining Pierre's ballroom style with their ecclectic hip hop style, the group design a new style of dancing.By the end of the film, Rock and LaRhette realize they have more in common than they realized, Pierre's uptown student finds friendship in the form of downtown students, and the groups dancing gets them recognized by many.
--Christina R., Resident Scholar
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A Manhattan ballroom teacher and competitor Pierre Dulaine who voluntarily spends his time to teach ballroom dancing to a group high school kids of New York inner city. The kids where forced to participate in ballroom dancing as a form of detention. But the kids refused to participate in ballroom dancing.
They were eventually was inspired by Mr. Dulaine's efforts, dedication and his commitment to his work as a ballroom dance teacher. The kids start leaning ballroom dance and mixed it with their own hip-hop style. Also the kids subconsciously learned precious lessons of life about respect, pride, honor and self-esteem.
--Faiza Iqtidar, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Take the Lead |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- dancer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
- dancer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of dancing
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Rap/hip-hop
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