QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Ballet Shoes can be found here.
QWere Doctors Jakes and Smith lesbians?
AThe novel is very ambiguous on whether or not Dr Jakes (Gemma Jones) and Dr Smith (Harriet Walter) were lovers. If so, they discretely rented two rooms instead of sleeping together at the boarding house, so there is no clue there. In short, it's up to each viewer to decide for themselves the nature of the relationship between the two lady doctors. Whatever the nature of their relationship, it is not important to the story.
QWhat was the controversy over the "wrap" in the dressing room all about?
AThe "wrap" refers to a cotton overall or wrap that actors must wear over their stage costumes when offstage so that the costumes don't get stained or damaged. Pauline was making a fuss about wearing it, an indication that she was becoming a starry-eyed Diva. That is how she ended up losing the part of Alice to the understudy, as punishment for getting "too big for her boots".
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