From what I understand the basic story (Billy wanting to dance but his dad not wanting him to) would have worked in any backround and the message would have been loud and clear. But, it so happens that it is set against the backround of the minors strik in England.
I also got the impression that the show gets more in depth with the whole strike then it does in the movie. In America the minors strike in England isn't something that is well taught and usually if anyone wants to know anything about it they have to (like I did) research it on their own time.
The theories and the story of the strike itself aren't as understood through out the free speaking world as you might think Scripps. As I said, there are many people in America who don't know what they are and have to do what I did which was look it up on their own.
I am just saing that from what I have read the show goes more into the story of the strike then the moviie does. If that is the case then there might bee the need to "Americanize" it ( though I hope they don't) so that American tourists who know nothing of the strike can understand it.
However, I am hoping that the show does a good job of teaching the audience what they need to know to follow the story line and to do a bit of teaching to the audience of what happend during the strike and what the strike was.
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