Weird movie, this one, about a dance marathon in the depression era, sort of a precursor to the reality television fad. People have called it “gruelling”, “disturbing”, “harrowing”, etc, but I didn’t really see it for the most part. It gets interesting in the last half hour when you finally feel sympathy for the main characters and realise their plight; but mostly it isn’t particularly well set up, and they just look like dummies who are putting themselves through hell for no reason. I’d rather watch something more recent like Series 7: The Contenders, or, hell, just any old reality TV show, to get the same message: people are stupid.

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