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Volume I, Issue iv | December 1998 | ||
Subject: GHR Feedback Form While watching Liz and Lucky dance to the song "My Girl," I was reminded of how dancing has played a big role in Luke and Laura's characters. The rape scene started with Luke asking Laura to dance with him. Over the years, they have danced together. It seems to be central to their characters. The similarity of Lucky's dance with Liz, was, that it also took place in a deserted nightclub. The difference, though, was that Liz was free to be his and admitted that she already was his "girl." As opposed to Laura, who was not available at the time. Also, the dance between Luke and Laura turned into something sinister. The dance between Liz and Lucky was fun, carefree. The music in the disco, with Luke and Laura was overpowering. The music for Lucky and Liz, started quietly, with him singing to her. I just thought this was one of those "little things." Has anyone else mentioned the contrast between the two "dances"? Nancy
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Editor's response: I didn't make such a comparison in my review of the episode, Nancy, but it's a good one. Joan Roseman actually, in the past, has written a piece on the dances of Luke and Laura, and she's thinking of updating it to include the Lucky and Elizabeth dances (remember the one at the No Name?) for a future issue. Personally, I see echoes of Luke and Laura's younger days everywhere in Lucky and Elizabeth, from their work in the modeling agency to the crummy apartment to painting of the boxcar. I like how the writers are including those subtle echoes, whether or not they're all planned (though I think the dancing is clearly a comment on the difference between this couple and Luke and Laura--both coming out of a rape, but in different ways, and both dancing in a nightclub, as you point out) but not simply repeating what we've seen before. These scenes--and this couple--are simply lovely.
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