...will be performed on the 3.12 Oscar telecast. A racially charged dance-off between exuberant natives and haughty whites. Equal to if not surpassing the pure joy of the "Tonight" ensemble numher in West Side Story (Robert Wise or Steven Spielberg version), or the "America" dance-off on the rooftop in the Wise. Except like RRR itself, what's being "said" is shallow and stacked because the snooty white Colonials have all the depth and intrigue of Snidely Whiplash. Plus when the dancing gets really intense the whites can't keep up -- they fall to the ground, clumsy and exhausted, while the natives are surging with pure spiritual ecstasy...it's the happiest moment in the film.
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