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继两次世界大战之后，对于英国来说，最大的一次冲击莫过于1984年的矿工大罢工事件。从1984年3月到1985年3月，在当时英国最强大的矿业工人联合会的带领下，数以万计的矿工离开了他们工作了一辈子的矿场，加入到了抵制矿场自由市场化的大罢工当中。而这也应该算是撒切尔夫人铁娘子称号的最佳代表事件，长达一年的罢工最终仍然以失败告终，保守党以其坚定的态度向所有居住在英国北部的矿业工作者传达了一个讯息，政府永远是强硬的。这和前一段时间的学生罢课示威游行在某种程度上有异曲同工之妙。而在罢工事件早已平息的15年之后，一部电影悄然唤醒了那些曾经受伤的心灵。没有人问过为什么最后这些坚毅的北方汉子最终选择了下矿而不是继续抵抗，或者可能这是一个不需要严明的默契，是为了孩子。在英国北方寒冷的冬日，电影里面billy的爸爸用斧头砍碎了老婆留下来的钢琴，只是因为旷日持久的罢工已经让全家连买柴烧火的钱都没有了。可是还有更多的billy，以及更往北部的城市... ...电影里面最动人的几个画面，都跟父亲有关，父亲第一次看到自己的儿子有可能是一个跳舞的天才疯狂的冲向舞蹈老师的家里，父亲为了过圣诞节砍了家里的钢琴，父亲得知儿子录取了兴奋得跑向工会活动中心，父亲和billy一起去皇家芭蕾学校面试的时候被问及是否有什么问题的时候尴尬的样子，当billy说如果我后悔了还能不能回来父亲说，你是在开玩笑吗？我们已经把你的屋子租出去了，以及多年之后父亲看到billy作为天鹅湖的主演一跃而起的时候感动的神情。英国北方男人的形象应该就是这样吧，永远都是挺着胸膛，永远不会说一句温柔的话，但是却会在最关键的时候牺牲一切为了自己的孩子。2005年，这部片子被改成音乐剧之后更是给伦敦的西区带来了无限的感动~无数的奖项，无数的电视转播，5年过去了，Billy Elliot已经在伦敦，纽约，多伦多，墨尔本四地公演~不可否认的是，Elton John这个G确实是个天才，他改变的音乐剧应该说在某种程度上还要超过电影本身。其中几首歌曲应该说抓得太准确了~The Stars Look Down（第一幕）Billy Take me up and hold me gentlyRaise me up and hold me highThrough the nights under darknessWill come a day when we will flyAnd although we've been rejectedAnd although we've been outcastWe will find a new tomorrowWhen we come to rest at lastAnd we will stand there proudlyAnd we will never walk aloneAnd we will be returnedBack to our homeGrandma's Song（第三幕）I hated the sod - for thirty three yearWe should never have married of that I'm quite clearHe spent the housekeeping money on whisky and beerAnd never lifted a fingerTimes were hard, but the swine rolled back pissedSo we'd fight and he'd swing and he rarely missedSo I'd clobber the sod when he couldn't resist:Asleep, you can't life a finger.But we'd go dancing...and he'd hold me tightHe was air, He was water, He was breath, He was lightAnd he would hold me there, with all his might.And it was bliss for an hour or soBut then they called time to goAnd in the morning we were sober.The Letter（Billy和母亲的一段）And I will have missed you growing,And I'll have missed you cryingAnd I'll have missed you laughMissed your stomping and your shouting,I'll have missed telling you off,But please Billy,Know that I was always there.I was with you through everything.And please, Billy... ...But please, Billyknow that I will always be.Proud to have known you.Proud that you were mineProud in everythingAnd you must promise me this, BillyIn everything you doAlways be yourself, BillyAnd you always will be trueMerry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher（下半场开场）算是对于撒切尔时代的最好纪念了，欢乐中的悲伤，光看词是体会不出来的Electricity（我最喜欢的一幕）ORIGINAL LONDON RECORDINGS是由Liam Mower，最早的三个Billy的扮演这种年龄最小的billy录制I can't really explain itI haven't got the wordsIt's a feeling that you can't controlI suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you areAnd at the same time something makes you wholeIt's like that there is music playing in your earAnd I'm listening, and I'm listening and then I disappearAnd then I feel a changeLike a fire deep insideSomething bursting me wide open, impossible to hideAnd suddenly I'm flying,flying like a birdLike electricity, electricitySparks inside of meAnd I'm free, I'm free经济萧条的时候需要的是励志的人物，可是每一个理智人物的背后都是一个辛酸的家庭，一个悲伤的故事。电影里有一幕，舞蹈老师让billy带着自己的东西来练习，billy带了一封妈妈死之前写给他的信，舞蹈老师读了之后说出了一句大人都会说的话，she must have been a special woman，而billy说，no she's just me mum