David and Goliath VS Strictly Ballroom
Trust in others is a promoted message as well because Scott trusts in Fran for her to dance with him and stick by him until the end and David trusts in God to help him through the battle. The meaning created by this is that viewers of Strictly Ballroom will apply their ideas and thoughts on faith/trust to Scott and Fran's relationship and predict that they will stick by each other until the end because that's the stereotypical ending of a film where trust is a value.
Fear is an important theme in both of these stories because that is what makes the good guys need to fight the bad guys and win in the end. The fear is within the powerful, towards the powerless. This creates corrupt or unfair fear and eventually needs some sort of ‘hero’. This brings in Scott and David who take away the created fear by standing up for what they believe in. Strictly Ballroom uses the knowledge of David taking down Goliath to create meaning by telling the same story in a more modern and engaging way to the audience. It also helps add meaning to Barry’s persona because we know that the “big” character is not usually the good guy/protagonist of the story.
Fear is an important theme in both of these stories because that is what makes the good guys need to fight the bad guys and win in the end. The fear is within the powerful, towards the powerless. This creates corrupt or unfair fear and eventually needs some sort of ‘hero’. This brings in Scott and David who take away the created fear by standing up for what they believe in. Strictly Ballroom uses the knowledge of David taking down Goliath to create meaning by telling the same story in a more modern and engaging way to the audience. It also helps add meaning to Barry’s persona because we know that the “big” character is not usually the good guy/protagonist of the story.
David is an unlikely hero in the story of David and Goliath because he is a weak, small guy, who defeats a soldier twice his size. Scott, in Strictly Ballroom is similar to David in this sense because he retrieves the power of the community back from someone with power and control over everyone. These characters are the "true kings" of the stories; the rightful heroes. This creates meaning to Strictly Ballroom because of the reference to the story line of good verses evil and the stereotypical ending of the underdog taking out the villain unexpectedly. If the viewers didn't have this knowledge of the typical plot then the conflict between Barry and Scott wouldn't be as interesting as it is a modern take of an old and stereotypical text.