I was & am still happily surprised

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2019)

The first time I'd seen this film was at a theatre in Los Angeles. Went with friends who were looking to see dance or Sean Patrick Thomas or Julia Stiles or both. The audience was mix of fans of the main actors & others who were fans of of hip hop or ballet or the joy of dance or romance or curious folks like me. The whole audience fell in love with the wonderful dancing, the relationships, the visceral fight of friends to be friends. We humans too often don't bother to fight to treasure & preserve the gift of true friends. The dance, the mix of classic ballet & hiphop was joyous. The bigotry against certain economic & interracial friendships are still inherent in our all too often class & bigoted based culture. True then & now. There is a lot of truth in this film. Of hardship due to personal loss, of economic & racial divide, of the lack of acceptance & freedom to live your gifted talent for all to see. Young people who aren't the desired shade or grade, that aren't given a free ride or those that do have that free ride but don't conform to the separatism our divided culture seems to demand, have a more difficult struggle. I adore this film. You may not. I do know that it should be seen.