A little while ago now, sister Kath challenged all of the Lewis clan to an essay writing competition. The topic to be discussed: 80s dance movies; where did they come from, where did they go? First prize: an 80s dance movie DVD of your choice. It was hard to resist.Five essayists threw their hats into the ring, but only one was blessed with an excess of spare time - me! I won! In your face Mrs Drysdale from grade three! That's for giving me such a low mark for my assignment on the life of bees. I was secretly hoping for a B.
So anyway, after my impressive victory, I had to decide which 80s jaunt I wanted to savour. There were really only two on my mind: Footloose, and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, but in the end I decided to go with the Kevin Bacon classic. (Oooh, I just had a brainwave - Kevin Bacon Classic is a great name for a burger! Hands off, I'm going to get onto that.)
Footloose is a must see, if only for the scene where Kevin Bacon delivers a flying karate kick to the bad guy's head after taking a running jump from the top of the stairs - all in one fluid motion, and all in a tuxedo. I aspire to do this at some point in my life.
Thanks for the DVD Kath. As you can see, it has made quite an impact on my life.
