Dreams Come True

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Dreams Come True In this world, everyone has their own dream. Dreams are essential in areas of social life, careers, education, personal life, and even entertainment. Having entertainment that is revolved around dreams helps us never give up on our own. Steve Antin is the author of the movie called, “Burlesque,” which is about a young girl from a rural life moving into the big city to be an on-stage entertainer. Steve is from New York and what is interesting about him is that “he was discovered by a talent agent and began a professional acting career at the age of nine” (STEVE). Steve starred in many movies, one being “The Goonies” (STEVE). “Following a successful acting career, Antin shifted his focus to screenwriting and producing” where he felt like that was where he belonged (STEVE). That’s when he produced the movie “Burlesque.” The chosen scene from the movie “Burlesque” is when jealous Nikki cuts the music to a performance that she was supposed to play a lead part in. Instead of Nikki playing the lead part because she showed up late and had been drinking, the owner of the club asks the young new girl, named Ali, to play the part instead. When Nikki cuts the music Ali and the other dancers stop and are really confused. The curtain then starts to drop. Nikki did this to make them look bad and make sure she is never cut from a performance again. Ali’s first instinct is to start singing and so she does. Her voice shocks everyone and with that, the club owner directs for the curtain to rise again. Ali leads an amazing performance and everyone is in love with her singing. The club owner decides she wants to redirect the whole show around Ali which means Nikki’s plan backfired. This is the chosen scene because Ali sings on stage for the first time and it is the start of her dream. Before this moment, Ali was just a backup dancer and she loved dancing too but she
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