. . . yet by many standards it also sticks out as a relic of America's past, like a gangrenous sore thumb. Though the ditzy narrator of A DANCER'S WORLD prattles on and on about a lot of self-help memes, she fails to demonstrate any of the exercises being promoted by this apparent workout video herself. Of course, since A DANCER'S WORLD came out before VHS tapes were even invented, the basic rules for helping those of us at home to "feel the burn" probably were yet to be codified. A DANCER'S WORLD also deviates from what became standard cardio fare with its obvious lack of diversity. Not one of the seven female demonstrators featured here is a "plus size" by any stretch of the imagination, and "mosquito bites" might be the most charitable descriptor for their glandular "achievements." The lady doing all the talking throughout A DANCER'S WORLD adopts an increasingly garish costume between her minions' home exercise snippets, seemingly designed to make movement impossible. And the "action" interludes themselves look as if they've been filmed in old "Tom Edison's" 'Black Mariah' studio. They're in black & white on an unadorned set, backed only by some tinkling on a "Tin Pan Alley" piano.
Review of A Dancer's World
A Dancer's World
(1957 TV Movie)
In a way, this oddball film is before its time . . .
23 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers