"A life lived in fear is a life half lived." In the movie, social comforting was a trend. The movie started with a flash back of Scott and his partner, Liz, dancing in a competition. In the competition, Scott introduced improvised dance moves to the floor, taking Liz by surprise. Despite the cheers from the audiences, Scott and his partner lost in the competition. This shows how big of a role social conformity played in the competition. In addition to that, the reaction of the people around Scott that were interviewed showed strong disapproval of Scott's improvised dancing step except for Fren who was supportive of change.
Scott's father who was like him, went against social conformity and stopped dancing infront of the public after he learned that most people would choose to conform into what authority and general public said is right, rather then what they think is right. This is where we see deindividualtion where a person temporarily losses his or her own identity to the crowd. Group thinking was observed amongst the board of dancing directors in the movie. For instance, they overestimated dancing moves that has been establish while ignoring possible intervention and improvement. Secondly, they were being close minded and had a stereotypical view against contestants who do not follow the established dancing steps. Furthermore, they increase conformity pressure amongst others.
Towards the end of the movie, When Scott and Fren decided to introduce their new dancing steps in the Grand Pacific Competition, they were asked to leave the dancing floor by an authoritative figure from the board of dancing competition. However, there were an emergent norm amongst the crowd that eventually took over and become a tread. This started when one individual stood up for what they truly believed as right. One lesson I learn from the movie is that persistent towards what we believe is right eventually leads us to success despite multiple failures and disapproval that were thrown to throughout he journey.
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