Editing Billy Elliot (section)

=== Themes ===
Poverty and [[social class]] have been seen as major themes of the film. Author Rebecca Mahon observed the film has a realistic setting; the early scenes emphasising the miners' strike, the death of Billy's mother and the family's financial situation.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Billy Elliot|last=Mahon, Rebecca.|date=2003|publisher=Pascal Press|others=Daldry, Stephen.|isbn=1-74125-037-4|location=Glebe, NSW|pages=14|oclc=224040491}}</ref> Daldry adds, "It doesn't matter where you are in the world, people understand the idea that you're part of an industrial, working class group that is being discarded. And its question—of what happens to communities devastated by de-industrialisation and [[privatisation]]". In addition to social class, Daldry states that the film is about finding a voice—"someone trying to express himself or herself".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/1096401/director-stephen-daldry-on-billy-elliot-the-meaning-and-message-behind-the-films-most-memorable-scene/|title=Why Billy Elliot's most memorable scene still resonates across the world|last=Mohdin|first=Aamna|website=Quartz|date=6 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103120809/https://qz.com/1096401/director-stephen-daldry-on-billy-elliot-the-meaning-and-message-behind-the-films-most-memorable-scene/|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Koller-Alonso writes that gender differences are expressed by showing girls attending ballet classes, while their male counterparts are having [[boxing]] lessons. Homosexuality, a taboo subject in the 1980s, as well as [[police brutality]] are depicted and explored in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/what-billy-elliot-taught-us-about-british-history/|title=What Billy Elliot Taught Us About British History|last=Koller-Alonso|first=Sara|website=Culture Trip|date=4 March 2016|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103120811/https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/what-billy-elliot-taught-us-about-british-history/|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>