Apr

2

The musical and movie Billy Elliot is the perfect musical for our age. In terms of its guaranteed to make a million nature. Here are the main characteristics.

It shows Margaret Thatcher and conservatives to be mean spirited and stupid. It portrays business in a very bad light, as all the coal companies seem to be interested in is profits and exploiting the workers. Despite the plight of the workers, the coal company tries to displace attention by claiming it's a clean energy company. It portrays gender equality and cross dressing in a highly favorable light. It has kids in the first scene and last scene dancing and singing. The music and dance flows naturally out of the activity because the story is about a kid who wants to be a dancer. It has raucous loud music by Elton John that is part and parcel of the generation that wears ear phones all day to listen to rock music on their phones or computers. It shows the workers to be kind hearted souls, who would sacrifice anything to do a good turn, like giving up their meals to send Billy to the royal ballet tryouts. It is anti police, showing them beating up the strikers for no reason. It is pro union showing that the picket lines are a defense against extreme cruelty and child labor, not an attempt to prevent other non-union workers from working there. It has a million spinoffs in the form of merchandise and promotions for sale that buzz from the 100% good reviews can tap into.

No wonders that aside from Jersey Boys this has to be the most successful show on Broadway of recent years.


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