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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Drama
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to emotionally punishing social dramas about desperation, spectacle, and the cruelty of turning suffering into entertainment.
- Tone
- bleak, melancholic, tense
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- harrowing
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- economic desperation, endurance, exploitation, lost dreams, human dignity
- Setting
- Great Depression era, rundown seaside dance hall