Character Study: Scott Hastings - Film - Strictly Ballroom Written By Neleema Craig
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:37:38
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 3 pages (717 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 3 pages (717 words)
Title: Strictly Ballroom
Character: Scott Hastings
Director: Baz Lurhmann
The film strictly ballroom directed by Baz Lurmann is a drama/comedy about peoples attitudes towards dance and other cultures. A character that makes a dramatic change is Scott Hastings. He changes from being smug and self centred to being accepting of other cultures and that other people can be successful with the help of family and friends.
Scott is a very arrogant, self centred person …
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…when Scott feels challenged. In the opening scene Scott thinks of Fran and all of the people who cannot dance as good as him like they should look up to him but in the Fiesta scene, Rico and the Spanish community laugh at Scott proving his theory wrong. Scott's new sense of respect leads through to the ending sequence when Scott portrays freedom and the sense to respect everyone, no matter what culture they are.
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