Take The Lead - Analysis

Take The Lead

 

A teen film from the 21st century.

Fantastic!

 

                This film is considered a teen film as the majority of the film is based around a

group of teens that are in detention all

the time (you see this throughout the film).

Most of the film is based in a high school

where the teens go which is something that

teens that are watching the film can

relate to.

 

 

 

 

The school does not have a good reputation because it is known for being in a bad area, having lots

of troubled teens that go there and not having many academic achievements.

Now these teens do not fit the typical character stereotypes that are in typical teen films, the main teen characters come from broken homes, abusive backgrounds and rough neighbourhoods. As the teens never do anything constructive during their detentions the principal of the school decides to bring in a dance teacher to teach the teens ballroom dancing.

 

Now to introduce the main characters, we have...

 

Jason 'Rock' Rockwell - The young brother of          

 a teenager that died from drugs, his father is an

alcoholic which is caused him to move out and

live at school for a while without anyone

knowing, he is very antisocial, him and LaRhette

are rivals but ends up falling in love with her at

the end.

 

LaRhette Dudley - Her mother is a prostitute                        

which means she has to care for her younger

siblings most of the time, she is nurturing but

can also get very aggressive, this is seen when

Rock talks about her dead twin brother's death.

 

Ramos - A cocky, flirtatious, proud person       

who is good at dancing has love interest which

is Sasha.

 

Danjou - Insecure about his dancing, a quiet

person, he also has interest in Sasha which

leads to fist fight between him and Ramos

 

 

Sasha - The pretty girl who is a good dancer

and is involved in a love triangle with Ramos

and Danjou

 

 

 

Caitlin - Clumsy and awkward, she feels

pressure from her parents' expectations

of her and feels out of place compared to

the other students in her ballroom classes

Eddie - Very childish, knows everything about

everyone, also a talented dancer who can also

DJ and loves to make a lot of jokes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt - A very talented dancer, she has a bit of

an attitude problem and she dances with Eddie

in the competition

 

                   Kurd - Thinks of himself as a 'player'

                   and is frightened of his sexual urge and has feelings for Big Girl 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Girl - Loves to dance, the other teens

refer to her as 'Big Girl' because

of her size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All these characters make Take the Lead a

teen film, it is all full of drama, rivalry, fights,

conflicts and romance and is really worth watching.