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* '''Conversed''': ???"You know, I don't get why ballerinas are always portrayed as paragons of delicate femininity in the media. Doesn't anyone know how hard this stuff is?"
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* '''Averted''': Nothing is sugar-coated and it's explicitly shown how difficult it really is.
* '''Enforced''': The producers wanted to appeal to little girls and are afraid that if they show how physically taxing real ballet is, they might scare them away from it.

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* '''Averted''': Nothing is sugar-coated and it's explicitly shown how difficult it ballet really is.
* '''Enforced''': The producers wanted want to appeal to little girls and are afraid that if they show how physically taxing real ballet is, they might scare them away from it.
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'''Basic Trope''': Ballet dancers are portrayed as little delicate flowers of femininity.
* '''Straight''': Alice the ballerina is graceful and feminine.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice always moves in an elegant, flowing manner and wears sparkly pink tutus and pretty makeup even off the stage.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is shown to be athletic and physically fit, but she sure doesn't act like it.
* '''Justified''': Ballet dancers need to appear graceful and effortless even though the art form is extremely difficult and taxing.
* '''Inverted''': Ballet is portrayed as the manliest of all sports.
* '''Subverted''': Alice appears dainty and graceful on stage but works tirelessly off stage to get to a point where she can appear perfect while dancing.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...though her workouts include frolicking in fields and looking pretty.
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* '''Averted''': Nothing is sugar-coated and it's explicitly shown how difficult it really is.
* '''Enforced''': The producers wanted to appeal to little girls and are afraid that if they show how physically taxing real ballet is, they might scare them away from it.
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