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Review: “DANCE, DANCE BABY!”
Director: Larry Black
Running Time: 14 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Director Laura Black’s Dance, Dance Baby! may be difficult to understand. The film follows a logical train of events but try as it might, it isn’t very funny. Attempts at humor often come across as awkward and uncomfortable. The film shows Buddy trying out for a temporary acting position with ‘director’ Earl, with a few plot points about awkward encounters we can all relate to in some fashion thrown in for good measure.
The film can be an interesting look at the actor’s process, at trying to convey another person with little to no background on what exactly you are trying to portray. Earl asks Buddy to read a script and then refuses to tell him anything about his motivation. Buddy finds himself grasping in the dark for something to hold onto. In reality, audiences will feel even more awkward than Buddy, waiting for something to happen. Save for the final reveal, not much does.
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Reviewed films were randomly selected from the hundreds of entries to the 2009 DC Shorts Film Festival. The reviews are written by Bryan Koenig, an intern with an interest in film review and journalism. The opinions expressed are his own, and not that of the independent judging panel, the DC Shorts Film Festival staff, or the staff and Board of the DC Film Alliance.
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