Justine and Jason Bateman Take the Lead
Fresh off her lauded directorial debut with "Violet" and her latest book "Brave," both exploring social issues and norms, we found it interesting that even in her earlier creative days, Bateman gravitated to material that lifted up underrepresented people.
In "Dancing," Justine Bateman plays a headstrong 19-year-old who refuses to be held back by her blindness, and when she feels penned in by her overprotective family including her brother (played by Jason Bateman), she fights and dances her way to independence.
Just like in the Academy Award winning Scent of a Woman, Can You Feel Me Dancing tells a beautiful story of blindness and its power to transform other's expectations amidst the struggle for self efficacy and acceptance.
The Batemans handle the subject matter with aplomb while also managing to make us smile and swell with emotion.
We will continue to look at the opportunities this title and its subject matter present for our library. Its story's potential to be reframed for an audience today, should certainly be explored. And perhaps writer, producer, director Justine Bateman would be interested in joining that exploration!
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