"BILLY ELLIOT", THE MOVIE IN COMPARISON WITH MORRISSEY -SONGS.

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LAST YEAR I SAW A BRITISH MOVIE CALLED "BILLY ELLIOT". NOT ONLY A BRILLIANT
MOVIE BUT ALSO A MOVIE , IN MY OPINION, WHO HAS A SIMULARITY WITH THE LYRICS
COMPOSED BY MORRISSEY.
THE STORY OF THE MOVIE: A BOY OF APPROX. 10 YEARS OF AGE WENT FROM BOXINGLESSONS TO BE A SUCCESFULL BALLETDANCER. THE BREAKING-OUT OF HIS SOCIAL-ENVIROMENT AGAINST THE WISHES OF HIS FATHER AND BROTHER.A MOVIE WHICH FOR ME
IS VERY SIMULAR WITH THE SKETCHES OF LIFE AS WRITTEN BY MORRISSEY.
FOR THOSE WHO HAS SEEN THE MOVIE, THE SCENE WHERE BILLY IS BURSTING OUT IN
A RAGE OF ADRENALINE AND FRUSTRATION {TAP-}DANCING IN A MANICAL WAY IN TO
THE STREET IS FOR ME THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE MOVIE.THIS SCENE IS MUSICALY ILLUSTRATED BY "A TOWN CALLED MALICE" OF PAUL WELLER'S THE JAM.
DID ANY OF YOU HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THIS MOVIE OR WITH OTHER {SO CALLED
SOCIAL-REALISTIC } MOVIES.
 
I believe that when the movie came out, there were quite a few discussions about a possible Morrissey/Smiths influence.
 
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