Username - Wobbuffet
Name - Dottie
Gender - Female
Dance and Why (483 words) - "I'm a loner, Dottie. A
rebel." - Pee-wee Herman
Dottie’s favorite dance is Pee-wee Herman’s Big Shoe Dance from the movie,
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure because of Pee-wee’s carefree attitude and childlike mischief.
In the scene with the dance, Pee-Wee has found himself at a bar filled with tough and burley bikers. Pee-Wee soon realizes that the situation is too much for him to handle, and tries to leave, only to accidentally knock over the bikers’ motorcycles. The bikers yank him back into the bar, and work together to plan ways to get revenge on Pee-wee, such as “killing” him or doing other painful things. Pee-Wee asks the bikers if he can have a last request before he “dies.” “Why not?” they say. Pee-Wee hurries over to the jukebox, and borrows a pair of large, white shoes. Putting them on, he proceeds to perform a strange yet funny dance for the bikers. The bikers then forgive him and make him one of their gang.
Dottie loves how Pee-wee always manages to make others smile. She respects that he embraces who he is and does fun and oftentimes crazy things. His fantastic lifestyle and adventures inspire Dottie to try to embrace who she is. Dottie is fifteen years old, born in 2001, but her mind is from the 20th century. She doesn’t understand the styles and fads of today’s day and age, but if she had access to a time machine, she would fit perfectly in the 1990’s. Pee-Wee Herman may have been mostly forgotten by today’s generation, but Dottie finds his funny antics timeless.
Dottie is sometimes teased for what she likes: old TV shows, retro gaming consoles, arcades, and of course a fashion sense reflecting that time period. Dottie’s only friends are Viscets she met online and live far away. The difference with meeting people online rather than in real life is that people online can’t see you, therefore meaning they can’t judge you based on looks. Dottie often feels worried about what others think of her, so she tries to model herself after how Pee-wee acts; he doesn’t care what others think and does what he wants to. He does what he loves when he loves and doesn’t let others bully him into doing something he doesn’t want to.
Dottie has watched “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” more times than she can count. Where others may be bored by watching the same film over and over, Dottie finds that the jokes get funnier every time. In conclusion, Dottie’s favorite dance is Pee-wee Herman’s Big Shoe Dance because he embraces who he is and loves what he does, and convinces others to like him for who he is as well. He has brought a smile to many people’s faces, children and adults alike. Christmas is about making people happy, and Pee-wee inspires Dottie to do her best to make others happy and embrace who she is.
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