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January 02, 2006
Mad Cute Kids
We saw Mad Hot Ballroom last night -- the documentary about the annual elemetary-school-level ballroom dancing competition in NYC -- and loved it. Ten-year-olds can be so precocious. They're on the cusp of adolescence but resemble little adults more than teenagers (especially when they're ballroom dancing). They're self-assured and talk philosophically about life, love, and dance -- the director caught some great moments. It's so endearing that I kept interupting the movie to tell Derek how amazing the kids were. They make these serious grand pronouncements about life that just make you want to melt -- it's so sad and cute and true to that age. I'd forgotten what it was like to be 10 and feel so mature (and then have something crushing happen and cry and get all flustered).
Posted by csageday at January 2, 2006 07:55 PM