The first impression that the viewer gets of Tony is that of a stereotypical big brother, who would give his younger sibling a slap round the head just for listening to his record collection. Billy’s brother, who is older by some number of years, also works in the mines. Just as he is about to sign on, his son Tony (Jamie Draven) and his own sense of disgrace stop Jacky from committing this unforgivable act of duplicity. So, it is one of the key moments of the film when Jack decides to go back down the “pits” in order to fund Billy’s ticket to London. The mineworkers, who have decided not to strike and carry on working down in the mines, are regarded as the lowest of the low. In the context of the film, there is a great hatred towards the “scabs”. Jacky is emotionally moved after witnessing Billy’s performance and runs away with a silent pride and incentive to support his son and his new found love.
This scene shows Billy to be the true star and protagonist. The camera is always on Billy who is cast in the spotlight whilst the background is faded away in black.
However, in defiance, Billy carries on dancing is further fuelled by his frustration at his father for his tyrannical attitudes towards ballet. Whilst Billy is dancing he is stopped for a brief moment by his father Jacky whose face expresses a deep disapproval. Billy begins to dance and show what he is really capable of by dancing to the music in freestyle. In the centre of the boxing ring, a confined area usually reserved for two combatants to do battle becomes an arena for ballet. It seems that his main purpose in the film is to establish Billy’s heterosexuality. Billy Elliot plays on the stereotype of homosexual men being very feminine this is further accentuated by his need to wear a tutu in the Gym. On the night of Christmas, Billy and his friend Michael sneak into the Gym.īilly’s friend Michael is close to adolescence and is becoming aware of his sexuality, this is implied by his secret pastime of wearing his sisters clothes and his mild attraction to Billy. Times are so bad that in order to stay warm, Jacky is forced to chop up his wife’s piano for firewood. Jacky has had to cope with the loss of his wife and deal with the burden of the financial consequences as a result of the strike. On the whole, the audience gets the impression that Billy’s father has been overwhelmed by life in general. (2016, Nov 12).+ 84 relevant experts are online Hire writer References:Īnalysis of ‘The Door’ for Change – Miroslav Holub. In conclusion the theme of overcoming adversity and change can be seen in both Billy Elliot directed by Daldry and The Door written by Holub and the texts give us a sense that there is great need for change and to overcome the adversity displayed in both of the texts. The Door also gives you the sense that each time you go outside the door the challenges and changes will become increasingly more difficult to overcome but that you will be able to overcome the challenges faced outside the door in the first stanza Holub wrote “ Maybe outside there’s a tree, or a wood, a garden, or a magic city” and in the last stanza Holub wrote “Even if there’s only darkness ticking even if there’s only a hollow wind even if nothing is there, go and open the door” and this shows us that we should go outside no matter what there is to face outside the door and the use of the repeated words “go and open the door” at the end of the last stanza is repeating that sense of urgency for change and is telling us to go and open the door and step outside into the world. In The Door overcoming adversity can be seen as a change that needs to happen urgently The door is trying to show us by saying “Go and open the door” at the beginning of every stanza but the last gives us a sense of urgency for the change and makes the reader want to take a chance and explore the change that is outside, also the word maybe tells us that there will be challenges in the change that is to come.
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