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lucynevin
I thought this was a fun, happy dance flick..I was wrong.
Sviggolo
One of the best american social realist dramas of the seventies. I thought it was going to be a dance flick, but it isn't. Well, it got a few dance scenes in it, but it's all for the benefit of the story, and it's more like a backdrop for the characters and their problems. I don't like disco music in particular, but here it works very well. One of Travolta's finest performances both as an actor and dancer.
WithACamera
I was drawn to this movie by Roger Ebert's Great Movies list. Like other commenters, I was expecting something else. Ebert claims Tony ends with “a more enlightened view of women.” This alleged “enlightened view” comes the day after Tony attempted to rape his dance partner Stephanie and sat by while his friend raped his previous dance partner Annette. After this last rape, Tony says to Annette, “Is this what you wanted? You proud of yourself? Now you're a cunt.” Saturday Night Fever mercilessly portrays 70’s hypermasculine culture, but in a way in which the male characters act with impunity. While having some interesting things to say about class, racism and cycles of violence, I was most struck by the misogyny in this film.
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