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YEAH, MAN, make it happen. Make me fall asleep. Make me look at my watch every 30 seconds. Make me cast my eyes to heaven with such vigour that I risk detaching a retina.

When you hear that the latest youth dance film takes place largely within the confines of a pole- dancing club, you might assume that it would, at the very least, stir up a bit of righteous anger in the liberal observer.