They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Down-and-outs sign on for a Depression dance marathon in a seafront ballroom on the promise of a cash prize and free meals, then shuffle in each other's arms for weeks while an audience pays to watch them fail. The master of ceremonies works the crowd, stages derbies to thin the field and keeps count of who is still upright. Pollack made an endurance contest stand for the decade that produced it.
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