- published: 12 May 2010
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Fast Forward is a 1985 dance film directed by Sir Sidney Poitier. In the film, a dance troup from Ohio comes to New York to compete in a national talent competition. The Bollywood film Dance Dance was inspired by this film.
The Adventurous Eight - a group of teenagers from Sandusky, Ohio (known by Midwest teens for its large amusement park) who crave stardom so badly that they spend their spare time rehearsing their home made songs and dance routines in a locked up old building after knocking off from school each day. But in the smallest towns lie the biggest of dreams, and these eight kids have all the determination and drive they need to take them all the way to the top. But getting there is the hard part.
A reluctant promise of an audition from a bigshot dance exec leads the kids to the Big - and mean - Apple, but on arrival at the company headquarters they are greeted by some unexpected and unfortunate news. The very guy who had promised them an audition had not only left the dance business, but died! Having travelled all the way to New York City, the Adventurous Eight refuse to be rejected, and the two (and only) male members of the group - Matt (John Scott Clough) and Michael (Don Franklin) - take the situation into their own hands and try a bit of pleading. Begging the new company owner to give them a shot, he eventually gives in, telling them to audition in two weeks time. Bad news! None of the teens had banked on staying for that long, neither did they have enough cash in their pockets to. But giving in so easily isn't an option..
Below the belt
Set you up for shame
Like a villain from a film in modern age
But what they said
Brought forgiving ways
Let you carry on with equal scum charades
Now settle for the white versions
of lies you're told
There's always second chances
in your years to come
You came for reassurance
but you'll get despair
Just leave it to the old
The price of fame
Sought for lending hands
But the nuisance of it never paved a way
You'll stay out there
No one thinks too high
Of a foolish smirking coward in disguise
Though all the reassurance
there'll be blood to pay
You'll never see it coming
thats the charm of it
And trouble is a lurking
'round the corner there